اژدهافش

Persian

Alternative forms

اژدهاوَش (aždahâvaš)

Etymology

From (aždahâ, “dragon, serpent”) +‎ (faš, “likeness suffix”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaʒ.da.haː.ˈfaʃ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ä.ɦɑː.fǽʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ɑːɑː.fǽʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ɔːɔː.fǽʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʒ.d̪æ.ɦɒː.fǽʃ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ä.ɦɔ.fǽʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	aždahāfaš
Dari reading^?	aždahāfaš
Iranian reading^?	aždahâfaš
Tajik reading^?	aždahofaš

Adjective


Iranian Persian	اژدهافش
Dari	اژدهافش
Tajik	аждаҳофаш

اژدهافش • (aždahâfaš)

(archaic, literary) dragon-like, draconic
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
  مران اَژدَهافَش بیامد چو باد
  به ایران‌زمین تاج بر سر نِهاد
  mar ân aždahâfaš biyâmad čo bâd
  be iran-zamin tâj bar sar nehâd
  That dragon-like (Zahhak) came like the wind and assumed the Iranian throne.
(figurative, literary) anything colossal or formidable

Related terms

شیرفَش (širfaš), دیوفَش (divfaš), کوه‌فَش (kuh-faš)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اژدهافش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press