روناس
Persian
Alternative forms
- رویناس (rōynās), روغناس (rōğnās)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥόϊνος (rhóïnos, “garnet, pomegranate-coloured”), influenced by روی (rōy, “copper”), plausibly also acquired via Aramaic attested in Classical Syriac ܪܘܙܢܘܣ.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾoː.nɑːs]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [roː.nɑːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [roː.nɑːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [rʊː.nɔːs]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹo.nɒːs]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾɵ.nɔs]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rōnās |
| Dari reading? | rōnās |
| Iranian reading? | ronâs |
| Tajik reading? | rünos |
Descendants
- → Arabic: رُنّاس (runnās) — rare
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 363
- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 149 Nr. 440
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “روناس”, 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 II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 80b
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