اژدها

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

1. Arabic spelling of əjdaha (“dragon”)

• اژدرها‎ (ejderha)
• اژدر‎ (ejder)

From Persian اژدها‎ (aždahâ).

اژدها • (ejdehâ)

1. dragon

• Macedonian: аждер (ažder), аждаја (aždaja)
• Serbo-Croatian: aždaha, aždaja / аждаха, аждаја
• Turkish: ejdeha, ejderha, ejder

• اژدهاک‎ (aždahâk) (rare, obsolete)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾcydhʾk' /az(i)dahāg/) / 𐫀𐫉𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃‎ (ʾzdhʾg /azdahāg/) (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 [Book Pahlavi needed] (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 (iž)) + ⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀‎ (dahāka) Compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃‎ (ʾjdhʾg /aždahāg/) and Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)æʒdæˈhɒː/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)eʒdeˈhɒː]

اژدها • (aždahâ, eždehâ) (plural اژدهایان‎ (aždahâyân, eždehâyân))

1. dragon

• → Mazandarani: ایژدیها‎ (īždīhā)
• → Gilaki: اجدیها‎ (ajdīhā)
• → Armenian: աժդահա (aždaha)
• → Azeri: əjdəha, əjdaha / اژدها‎ / әждәһа
• → Bashkir: аждаһа (aždaha)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: अज़दहा (azdahā)
  • Urdu: اژدہا‎ (aždahā)
• → Kurdish: ejdeha / ئەژدەها‎ (ejdeha)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اژدها‎ (ejdehâ), اژدرها‎ (ejderha), اژدر‎ (ejder)
  • Turkish: ejdeha, ejderha, ejder
  • → Macedonian: аждер (ažder), аждаја (aždaja)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: aždàha/ажда̀ха, aždàja/ажда̀ја

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اژدها”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اژدها”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul