ارغوان

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlgwkʾn' /⁠argawān⁠/, purple), ultimately from Akkadian 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (argawannu, red purple), probably via Aramaic, cf. Classical Syriac ܐܪܓܘܢܐ (ʾargəwānā). A Wanderwort in the Middle East: Biblical Hebrew אַרְגְּוָן (ʾargɔmɔn, purple), Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān, purple; redbud; amethyst).

Pronunciation

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Dari ارغوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik арғувон, арғавон
 

Readings
Classical reading? arğawān, arğuwān
Dari reading? arğawān, arğuwān
Iranian reading? arğavân, arğovân
Tajik reading? arġavon, arġuvon

Noun

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Judas tree

ارغوان (arğavân or arğovân)

  1. purple color; dark magenta color
  2. Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum) or its flower
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 14”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      می‌نماید عکسِ مِی، در رنگِ رویِ مه وشت
      همچو برگِ ارغوان بر صفحهٔ نسرین، غریب
      mê-namâyad aks-i may, dar rang-e rôy-i mah waš-at
      hamčô barg-i arğawân bar safha-yi nasrîn, ğarîb
      The wine's reflection shows in the color of your moon-like face
      Like a Judas tree petal on the face of a wild rose: how strange!
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Proper noun

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ارغوان (arğavân)

  1. a female given name, Arghavan or Arghawan, from Middle Persian

References

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