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اژدها

اژدها

See also: اژدہا

Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic әждәһа
Roman əjdəha
Perso-Arabic اژدها

Noun

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

  1. dragon

Declension


Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian اژدها (aždahâ).

Noun

اژدها (ejdehâ)

  1. dragon

Descendants


Persian

Alternative forms

  • اژدهاک (aždahâk) (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾcydhʾk' (az(i)dahāg) / ʾzdhʾg (Manichaean), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (Aži Dahāka), name of a mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism, from 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, snake; dragon), from Proto-Iranian (compare Middle Persian ʾc' (az, dragon)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit अहि (áhi)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis (snake) (compare Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) and Old Armenian իժ ()) + ⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (dahāka), of unknown origin, perhaps cognate to Pashto لوی. Compare Manichaean Parthian ʾjdhʾg (aždahāg) and Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak).

Pronunciation

Noun

اژدها (aždahâ, eždehâ)

Dari اژدها
Iranian Persian اژدها
Tajik аждаҳо (aždaho)
  1. dragon

Descendants

References