نارون

Persian

Alternative forms

ناروان‎ (nârvân)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nɑːɾˈwan/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /nɑːɾˈwan/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /nɒːɾˈvæn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /nɔɾˈvan/

Etymology 1

Akin to Manichaean Parthian [script needed] (nʾrwʾn /nārwān/, “elm”) and Old Uyghur [Manichaean needed] (narwan, “elm”).

Noun

نارون • (nârvan)

(Transoxianan, obsolete) a large tree with many branches
elm

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian equivalent to ‎ (nâr) +‎ ‎ (van, “(ash) tree”) or ‎ (bon, “tree, bush”) (the same word with regular sound change from Middle to New Persian).

Noun

نارون • (nârvan)

(obsolete) pomegranate tree
(Can we find and add a quotation of Ferdowsi to this entry?)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نارون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “نارون”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume 2, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 1275a
Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎ (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 794a; addition Wolff, Fritz (1991), “Verbesserungen und Zusätze zum Schahname-Glossar”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 141, page 110

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