افرنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

اورنگ (owrang)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾplng /⁠abrang⁠/, “splendour”), from Proto-Iranian *abi-ra(n)ǰ- (“to color, dye”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)reg-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥέζω (rhézō, “I dye, paint”) and Persian (rang) itself; also a doublet of (owrang, “bracelet”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaf.ˈɾanɡ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.ɹæɲɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ]

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

Noun

افرنگ • (afrang)

throne
splendour, elegance, beauty, majesty
Synonym: فر (farr)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314