مهرگان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mihragān). By surface analysis, (mehr, the first month of autumn in the Zoroastrian calendar) +‎ (-gân, relational suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mih.ɾa.ˈɡaːn/, /mihɾ.ˈɡaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.ɾä.ɡɑ́ːn], [me̞ɦɾ.ɡɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ.ɾä.ɡɑ́ːn], [mɪɾ.ɡɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.ɾä.ɡɔ́ːn], [miɾ.ɡɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.ɹe.ɡɒ́ːn], [meɦɹ.ɡɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦɾ.ɡɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mihragān, mihrgān
Dari reading^?	mehragān, mehrgān
Iranian reading^?	mehregân, mehrgân
Tajik reading^?	mehgon

Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	مهرگان
Dari	مهرگان
Tajik	меҳргон

مهرگان • (mehregân)

the first day of autumn
(Zoroastrianism) Mehregan (festival held in the month of Mehr)
(by extension, poetic) autumn

Descendants

→ Arabic: مِهْرَجان (mihrajān)
- South Levantine Arabic: مهرجان (mahrajān)