آرنج

Persian

Alternative forms

  • آرنگ (ârang)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾplnc /⁠āranǰ⁠⁠/), borrowed from Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾrʾync /⁠ārinǰ⁠⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haratníš. Compare Sanskrit अरत्नि (aratni).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? āranj
Dari reading? āranj
Iranian reading? âranj
Tajik reading? orinj

Noun

آرنج • (āranj / âranj) (plural آرنج‌ها (āranj-hā / âranj-hâ), Tajik spelling оринҷ)

  1. elbow

Further reading

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