مازریون

Persian

Etymology

From (mâz, “oak gall”) + (zaryun, “green, fresh”, literally “gold-coloured”), a dvandva after the berries and leaves of the plant, probably borrowed from another Iranian language as the second part of the compound is of restricted, literary use.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maː.zaɾ.ˈjuːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.zäɾ.juːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.zäɾ.juːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.zäɾ.jun]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.zæɹ.juːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.zäɾ.jun]

Readings
Classical reading^?	māzaryūn
Dari reading^?	māzaryūn
Iranian reading^?	mâzaryun
Tajik reading^?	mozaryun

Noun

مازریون • (mâzaryun)

mezereon, spurge-olive (Daphne mezereum)

Descendants

→ Arabic: مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn), مَازَر (māzar)
- → Medieval Hebrew: מאזריון
- → Medieval Latin: mezereon, almezereon, mezereum
  - → Translingual: Daphne mezereum
  - → English: mezereon, mezereum
  - → French: mézéréon
  - → Portuguese: mezereão
  - → Spanish: mezereón
- → Middle Armenian: մազարիոն (mazarion) (or from Persian)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مازریون (mezeryon)
- Turkish: mezeryon