اژدهافش

اژدهافش

Persian

Alternative forms

• اژدهاوَش‎ (aždahâvaš)

Etymology

اَژدَها‎ (aždahâ, “dragon, serpent”) +‎ ـفَش‎ (faš, “likeness suffix”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /aʒdahɑːfaʃ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /aʒdahɑːfaʃ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /æʒdæhɒːfæʃ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /aʒdahɔfaʃ/

Adjective

اژدهافش • (aždahâfaš)

1. (archaic, literary) dragon-like, draconic
   • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     ‏مران اَژدَهافَش بیامد چو باد / به ایران‌زمین تاج بر سر نِهاد‎

     mar ân aždahâfaš biyâmad čo bâd / be iran-zamin tâj bar sar nehâd

     That dragon-like (Zahhak) came like the wind and assumed the Iranian throne.

2. (figuratively, literary) anything colossal or formidable

Related terms

• شیرفَش‎ (širfaš), دیوفَش‎ (divfaš), کوه‌فَش‎ (kuhfaš)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اژدهافش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press