سماروغ

Persian

Etymology

Most likely a compound corresponding to (zami, “earth”) + (âruġ, “belch; burp”). Persian sometimes conflates initial /s-/ and /z-/.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.maː.ˈɾoːɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mɑː.ɾoːɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.mɑː.ɾoːɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.mɔː.ɾʊːɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.mɒː.ɹuːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mɔ.ɾɵʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	samārōġ
Dari reading^?	samārōġ
Iranian reading^?	samâruġ
Tajik reading^?	samorüġ

Noun


Dari	سماروغ
Iranian Persian	قارچ
Tajik	қорч

سماروغ • (samâruġ)

(Dari, Sistani or archaic) mushroom

References

^ Asatrian, Garnik (2020) “Classical New Persian samārō/ūγ ‘mushroom’”, in Iran & the Caucasus‎^[1], volume 24, number 4, →DOI, pages 419–422