اهریمن

Persian

Alternative forms

آهریمن (âhriman)
اهرمن (ahreman)
آهرمن (âhreman)
اهرامن (ahrâman)
آهرامن (âhrâman)
اهریمه (ahrime)
آهریمه (âhrime)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian ʾhlmn' (/⁠ahreman⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔah.ɾiː.ˈman/, /ʔah.ɾeː.ˈman/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.ɾiː.mǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾiː.mǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɾi.mǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɦ.ɹiː.mǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.ɾi.mǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ahrīmán, ahrēmán
Dari reading^?	ahrīman
Iranian reading^?	ahriman
Tajik reading^?	ahriman

Noun

اهریمن • (ahrīman / ahriman) (plural اهریمنان (ahrīmanān / ahrimanân), or اهریمن‌ها (ahrīman-hā / ahriman-hâ), Tajik spelling аҳриман)

devil

Proper noun

اهریمن • (ahrīman / ahriman) (Tajik spelling Аҳриман)

(Zoroastrianism) Ahriman (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil)

Derived terms

اهریمنی (ahrīmanī / ahrimani)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “Ahreman”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7