مرداد

Persian

Alternative forms

  • امرداد (amordâd) (formal, archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭬𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭣 (amurdād), lit. “immortality”; name of the sixth Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Compare مردن (mordan, “to die”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [muɾˈd̪ɒːd̪]
  • IPA(key): /moɾˈd̪ɒːd̪/
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Proper noun

Dari مرداد
Iranian Persian
Tajik Мурдод

مرداد • (mordâd)

  1. Mordad, the fifth month of the solar Persian calendar.
  2. Name of the seventh day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.
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