ارغوان

Persian

Alternative forms

• ارجوان (arjavân, orjovân)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾlgwkʾn' (argawān, “purple”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 / 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (argamannu, argawannu, “tribute; purple (of textile)”), probably via Aramaic.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	a
Dari reading?	a
Iranian reading?	e
Tajik reading?	a

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ارغوان • (arğavân, arğovân)

Dari	ارغوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	арғувон, арғавон

Judas tree

1. purple, dark magenta
2. Cercis siliquastrum, Judas tree

Derived terms

• ارغوانی (arğavâni)

Proper noun

ارغوان • (arğavân)

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

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ارغوان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “argawān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “aragamannu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Itamar Singer, "Purple-Dyers in Lazpa", Tel Aviv University