ارغند

Persian

FWOTD – 19 July 2021

Alternative forms

• ارغنده (arğande)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlgnd /⁠arγand⁠/), from Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀𐬧𐬙 (ər^əγaṇt, “tumultuous, uproarious, raging”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɾ.ˈɣanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ɣǽn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ɣǽn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ɣǽn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ɣǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.ɢǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ʁǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	arğand
Iranian reading?	arğand
Tajik reading?	arġand

Adjective

ارغند • (arğand)

1. (archaic) ferocious, raging, formidable
   • 1922, Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahār, Damavandiyeh

     بگرای چو اژدهای گرزه
     بخروش چو شرزه‌شیر ارغند

     begrây čo aždahâye garze
     bexruš čo šarze-šire arğand

     [O Damavand!] Spring and attack like a viper!
     Rage like a ferocious lion!

   Synonyms: شَرزه (šarze), غَضَبناک (ğazabnâk), قَهرآلود (qahrâlud)

Related terms

• آلُغده (âloğde)

References

1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ارغند”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
2. ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “ارغند”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr
3. [1] PAHLAVICA - "’lgnd"