رگ
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian lk' (rag), from Proto-Iranian *HraháH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrasáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫡𐫃 (rg /rag/), Khotanese [script needed] (rrā-) and Old Armenian երակ (erak), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈɾaɡ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [räɡ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹæɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾäɡ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rag |
| Dari reading? | rag |
| Iranian reading? | rag |
| Tajik reading? | rag |
Noun
رگ • (rag) (plural رگها)
- blood vessel; arteries, capillaries or veins.
- 2025, “مثل مریضی”, performed by از شنبه:
- دنبالت میگردم هر جایی میرم / هر چقد دورتر نمیری از یادم / مثل زخمای تنم ریشهی وجودم/ مثل مریضی از توی رگهام/ دیگه پاک نمیشی هر جایی میرم
- donbalet migardam har jâyi miram / har čeqad durtar nemiri az yâdam / mesl-e zaxmâ-ye tanam riše-ye vojudam / mesl-e marizi az tu-ye raghâm / dige pâk nemiši har jâyi miram
- I'll come after you wherever I go / however farther you won't leave my memory / like the wounds of my body, the root of my existence / like a sickness from the inside of my veins / you won't be erased anymore wherever I go
Derived terms
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian رَگ (rag).
Noun
رَگ • (rag) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਗ)
- (anatomy) blood vessel, artery or vein
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | رَگ (rag) | رَگاں (ragāṉ) |
| oblique | رَگ (rag) | رَگاں (ragāṉ) |
| vocative | رَگے (rage) | رَگو (rago) |
| ablative | رَگوں (ragoṉ) | رَگاں (ragāṉ) |
| locative | رَگی (ragī) | رَگِیں (ragīṉ) |
| instrumental | رَگِیں (ragīṉ) | رَگے (rage) |