اشرج
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic أَشْرَج (ʔašraj), with the same meaning.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaʃ.ˈɾad͡ʒ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäʃ.ɾǽd͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæʃ.ɹǽd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäʃ.ɾǽd͡ʒ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ašraj |
| Dari reading? | ašraj |
| Iranian reading? | ašraj |
| Tajik reading? | ašraj |
Noun
اشرج • (ašraj)
- (literary, rare) A horse (or some other mammal) with only one testicle.
- A horse with one testicle larger than the other.
Further reading
- Francis Joseph Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892. http ://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:3039.steingass
- لغتنامه دهخدا (loġat-nâme dehxodâ, “Dehkhoda dictionary, the most authoritative dictionary of Persian”), entry for اشرج. http ://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-8959495feaf14bab8cef53da4c7a870b-fa.html