بارگی

Persian

Etymology

By surface analysis, باره (bâre, “horse”) +‎ ـگی (-gi).

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baː.ra.ˈɡiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾä.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾä.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾä.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.ɾä.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.ɹe.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.ɾä.ɡí]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	bāra-gī
Dari reading?	bāra-gī
Iranian reading?	bâre-gi
Tajik reading?	bora-gi

Noun

بارگی • (bâregi)

1. (obsolete) excellent horse
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 September 2026:

     بدان مرغزار اندرون بنگرید
     ز هر سو همی بارگی را ندید

     bad-ān marġzār andarūn bingarīd
     zi har sō hamē bāragī rā na-dīd

     He looked about within that meadow,
     No horse was seen in any direction.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “بارگی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul