ارغند

Persian

FWOTD – 19 July 2021

Alternative forms

ارغنده (arġande)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾ.ˈɣand/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ˈɣän̪d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ˈɣän̪d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.ˈɣän̪d̪̥]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading^?	arġand
Dari reading^?	arġand
Iranian reading^?	arġand
Tajik reading^?	arġand

Adjective

ارغند • (arġand)

(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 arġand
  [O Damavand!] Spring and attack like a viper!
  Rage like a ferocious lion!
Synonyms: شَرزه (šarze), غَضَبناک (ġazabnâk), قَهرآلود (qahrâlud)

Related terms

آلُغده (âloġde)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ارغند”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “ارغند”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr