ارزان
See also: ارزاں
Baluchi
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlcʾn /arzān/), 𐫀𐫡𐫉𐫀𐫗 (ʾrzʾn /arzān/, “valuable, worthy”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlc /arz/, “worth, value”) + [Book Pahlavi needed] (-ʾn /-ān/). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫡𐫋𐫀𐫗 (ʾrjʾn /aržān/, “worthy”), Kurdish erzan and the following Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian արժան (aržan, “worthy; cheap”), Classical Syriac ܐܪܙܢ (ʾarzān, “cheap”).
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [ʔæɾˈzɒn]
Adjective
Dari Persian | ارزان |
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Iranian Persian | ارزان |
Tajiki Persian | арзон (arzon) |
ارزان • (arzân) (comparative ارزانتر, superlative ارزانترین)
Antonyms
- گران (gerân)
Derived terms
- ارزانی (arzâni)
- ارزانفروش (arzân-foruš)
Descendants
- → Bashkir: арзан (arzan)
Further reading
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, pages 52, 53
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “arzān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 296
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