اردیبهشت

Persian

Alternative forms

اردی‌بهشت‎ (ordi-behešt) [1] [2]
اردبهشت‎ (ardabehešt) [3]

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩‎ (Ardwahišt), “right”; name of the second Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Compare ارد (ard, “truth”) and بهشت (behešt, “heaven”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔuɾ.di.βi.ˈhiʃt]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪ɪ.be̞.ɦɪ́ʃt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪ɪ.bɪɪ́ʃt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuɾ.d̪i.biíʃt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoɹ.d̪e.be.ɦéʃt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuɾ.d̪i.bi.ɦíʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	urdiḇihišt
Dari reading^?	urdibehišt
Iranian reading^?	ordebehešt
Tajik reading^?	urdibihišt

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	اردیبهشت
Dari	اردیبهشت
Tajik	урдибиҳишт

اردیبهشت • (ordibehešt)

Ordibehesht, the second month of the solar Persian calendar.
Name of the third day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.

References

“Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, اردی‌بهشت”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 30 July 2012, archived from the original on 2015-02-10
Ann K. S. Lambton (1954), Persian Vocabulary, page 7. London: Cambridge University Press.
“Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, اردبهشت”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 30 July 2012, archived from the original on 2012-12-26

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[1] “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, اردی‌بهشت”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 30 July 2012, archived from the original on 2015-02-10

[2] Ann K. S. Lambton (1954), Persian Vocabulary, page 7. London: Cambridge University Press.

[3] “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, اردبهشت”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 30 July 2012, archived from the original on 2012-12-26