آرنج

Persian

Alternative forms

• آرنگ (ârang)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾplnc /⁠āranǰ⁠⁠/), borrowed from Sogdian 𐫀𐫀𐫡𐫀𐫏𐫗𐫝 (ʾʾrʾync /⁠ārinǰ⁠⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haratníš. Compare Sanskrit अरत्नि (aratni).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈrand͡ʒ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾánd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾánd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾánd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɾánd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɹǽnd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɾínd͡ʒ]

• Rhymes: -and͡ʒ

Readings
Classical reading?	āranj
Dari reading?	āranj
Iranian reading?	âranj
Tajik reading?	orinj

Noun

آرنج • (āranj / âranj) (plural آرنج‌ها (āranj-hā / âranj-hâ), Tajik spelling оринҷ)

1. elbow

Descendants

• → Khalaj: ârənc

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “آرنج”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim