اژدهافش

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Persian

Alternative forms

اژدهاوَش (aždahâvaš)

Etymology

From (aždahâ, “dragon, serpent”) +‎ (faš, “likeness suffix”).

Pronunciation

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(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
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Readings
Classical reading^?	aždahāfaš
Dari reading^?	aždahāfaš
Iranian reading^?	aždahâfaš
Tajik reading^?	aždahofaš

Adjective


Iranian Persian	اژدهافش
Dari	اژدهافش
Tajik	аждаҳофаш

اژدهافش • (aždahâfaš)

(archaic, literary) dragon-like, draconic
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
  مران اَژدَهافَش بیامد چو باد
  به ایران‌زمین تاج بر سر نِهاد
  mar ân aždahâfaš biyâmad čo bâd
  be iran-zamin tâj bar sar nehâd
  That dragon-like (Zahhak) came like the wind and assumed the Iranian throne.
(figurative, literary) anything colossal or formidable

Related terms

شیرفَش (širfaš), دیوفَش (divfaš), کوه‌فَش (kuh-faš)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اژدهافش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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