ابرنجن

Persian

Alternative forms

• ابرنجین (abranjin)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *abi-ra(n)ǰ- (“to color, dye”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)reg-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥέζω (rhézō, “I dye, paint”) and Persian رنگ (rang) itself; also an exact doublet of اورنگ (owrang) / افرنگ (afrang, “throne; splendor”).

Compare Old Armenian ապարանջան (aparanǰan) and Georgian ამბარჩა (ambarča), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaβ.ɾan.ˈd͡ʒan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾän.d͡ʒǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾän.d͡ʒǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾän.d͡ʒǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾän.d͡ʒǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæb.ɹæn.d͡ʒǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.ɾän.d͡ʒǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	aḇranjan
Dari reading?	abranjan
Iranian reading?	abranjan
Tajik reading?	abranjan

Noun

Dari	ابرنجن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	абранҷан

ابرنجن • (abranjan)

1. bracelet
2. anklet

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314

Urdu

Alternative forms

• ابرنجین (abranjīn)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابرنجن (abranjan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əb.ɾən.d͡ʒən/

Noun

اَبْرَنْجَن • (abranjan) m (Hindi spelling अब्रंजन)

1. bracelet
2. anklet