ارغند

ارغند

Persian

FWOTD – 19 July 2021

Alternative forms

• ارغنده‎ (arğande)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlgnd /arγand/), from Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀𐬧𐬙‎ (ər^əγaṇt, “tumultuous, uproarious, raging”).

Adjective

ارغند • (arğand)

1. (archaic) ferocious, raging, formidable
   • 1922, Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahār, Damavandiyeh

     ‏بگرای چو اژدهای گرزه / بخروش چو شرزه‌شیر ارغند‎

     begrây čo aždahâye garze / bexruš čo šarze-šire arğand

     [O Damavand!] Spring and attack like a viper! / Rage like a ferocious lion!

   Synonyms: شَرزه‎ (šarze), غَضَبناک‎ (ğazabnâk), قَهرآلود‎ (qahrâlud)

Related terms

• آلُغده‎ (âloğde)

References

1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ارغند”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
2. ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985), “ارغند”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr
3. PAHLAVICA - "’lgnd"