اژدها
Appearance
See also: اژدہا
Azerbaijani
[edit]Noun
[edit]اژدها (əjdəha) (definite accusative اژدهانی (əjdəhanı), plural اژدهالار (əjdəhalar))
Declension
[edit]Declension of اژدها
singular | plural | |
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nominative | اژدها | اژدهالار |
definite accusative | اژدهانێ | اژدهالارێ |
dative | اژدهایا | اژدهالارا |
locative | اژدهادا | اژدهالاردا |
ablative | اژدهادان | اژدهالاردان |
definite genitive | اژدهانێن | اژدهالارێن |
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]اژدها • (ejdeha)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: ejderha
- → Bulgarian: ажде́р (aždér)
- → Macedonian: аждер (ažder), аждаја (aždaja)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾcydhʾk' /az(i)dahāg/) / 𐫀𐫉𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾzdhʾg /azdahāg/) (Manichaean), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka, “Azhi Dahaka”), name of a mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism, from 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, “snake; dragon”), from Proto-Iranian *Háǰiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis (“snake”). Compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾjdhʾg /aždahāg/) and Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔaʒ.da.ˈhɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæʒ.d̪æ.ɦɒ́ː], [ʔeʒ.d̪e.ɦɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ä.ɦɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | aždahā |
Dari reading? | aždahā |
Iranian reading? | aždahâ, eždehâ |
Tajik reading? | aždaho |
Noun
[edit]Dari | اژدها |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | аждаҳо |
اژدها • (aždahâ, eždehâ) (plural اژدهایان (aždahâyân, eždehâyân) or اژادر (ažâdor))
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: աժդահա (aždaha)
- → Azerbaijani: əjdəha, əjdaha
- → Bashkir: аждаһа (ajdaha)
- → Bengali: আজদাহা (ajdaha)
- → Gilaki: اجدیها (ajdīhā)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: айдаһар (aidahar), аждаһа (ajdaha)
- → Kyrgyz: ажыдаар (ajıdaar)
- → Mazanderani: ایژدیها (īždīhā)
- → Northern Kurdish: ejdeha / ئەژدەھا (ejdeha)
- → Ottoman Turkish: اژدها (ejdeha), اژدرها (ejderha), اژدر (ejder)
- → Tajik: аждаҳо (aždaho)
- → Tatar: аждаһа (ajdaha)
- → Uzbek: ajdar, ajdarho
References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اژدها”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اژدها”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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