نارون

Persian

Alternative forms

• ناروان (nârvân)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑːɾ.ˈwan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːɾ.wǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːɾ.wǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːɾ.wǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːɾ.wǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːɹ.vǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔɾ.vǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	nārwan
Dari reading?	nārwan
Iranian reading?	nârvan
Tajik reading?	norvan

Etymology 1

Akin to Manichaean Parthian [script needed] (nʾrwʾn /⁠nārwān⁠/, “elm”) and Old Uyghur [Manichaean needed] (narwan, “elm”).

Noun

نارون • (nârvan)

1. (Transoxianan, obsolete) a large tree with many branches
2. 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)

1. (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^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1275a
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 794a; addition Wolff, Fritz (1991) “Verbesserungen und Zusätze zum Schahname-Glossar”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 141, page 110