ارغند

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Persian

FWOTD – 19 July 2021

Alternative forms

ارغنده (arğande)

Etymology

From Middle Persian (ʾlgnd /⁠arγand⁠/), from Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀𐬧𐬙 (ər^əγaṇt, “tumultuous, uproarious, raging”).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	arğand
Dari reading^?	arğand
Iranian reading^?	arğand
Tajik reading^?	arġand

Adjective

ارغند • (arğand)

(archaic) ferocious, raging, formidable
- 1922, Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahār, Damavandiyeh
  بگرای چو اژدهای گرزه
  بخروش چو شرزه‌شیر ارغند
  begrây čo aždahâye garze
  bexruš čo šarze-šire arğand
  Spring and attack like a viper!
  Rage like a ferocious lion!
Synonyms: شَرزه (šarze), غَضَبناک (ğazabnâk), قَهرآلود (qahrâlud)

Related terms

آلُغده (âloğde)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ارغند”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “ارغند”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr
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