اژدها

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Azerbaijani

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Noun

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اژدها (əjdəha) (definite accusative اژدهانی (əjdəhanı), plural اژدهالار (əjdəhalar))

  1. Arabic spelling of əjdaha (dragon)

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Persian اژدها (aždahâ).

Noun

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اژدها (ejdeha)

  1. dragon

Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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    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

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    Readings
    Classical reading? aždahā
    Dari reading? aždahā
    Iranian reading? aždahâ, eždehâ
    Tajik reading? aždaho

    Noun

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    Dari اژدها
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik аждаҳо

    اژدها (aždahâ, eždehâ) (plural اژدهایان (aždahâyân, eždehâyân) or اژادر (ažâdor))

    1. dragon

    Descendants

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