ارغند

Persian
FWOTD – 19 July 2021

Alternative forms
  • ارغنده‎ (arğande)

Etymology

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

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

Readings
Classical reading? arğand
Dari 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)
  • 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. PAHLAVICA - "’lgnd"
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