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Persian
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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nārwan
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| Dari reading?
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nārwan
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| Iranian reading?
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nârvan
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| Tajik reading?
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norvan
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Etymology 1
Akin to Manichaean Parthian 𐫗𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (nārwān /nʾrwʾn/, “elm”) and Old Uyghur 𐫗𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫗 (narvan /nʾrβn/, “elm”) (also 𐽺𐽰𐽾𐽱𐽰𐽺 (nʾrβʾn)).
Noun
نارون • (nârvan)
- (Transoxianan, obsolete) a large tree with many branches
- elm
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian equivalent to نار (nâr) + ون (van, “(ash) tree”) or بن (bon, “tree, bush”) (the same word with regular sound change from Middle to New Persian).
Noun
نارون • (nârvan)
- (obsolete) pomegranate tree
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ferdowsi to this entry?)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نارون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “نارون”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1275a
- Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 794a; addition Wolff, Fritz (1991) “Verbesserungen und Zusätze zum Schahname-Glossar”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 141, page 110