درونه
Persian
Alternative forms
- (doronicum): درونک (darunak, dorunak)
Etymology
Attested as Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (drwng /drōnag/, “rainbow”), but without Middle Iranian attestation in the sense of leopardsbane which has been borrowed as Classical Syriac ܕܪܘܢܓ (drwng) and Arabic دَرَوْنَج (darawnaj), uncertain whether it is a distinct word; the rainbow meaning at least is from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /drōn/, “bow”) which is found in Modern Persian as درون (darun, “inside, interior”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /daɾuːna/, /duɾuːna/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /daɾuːna/, /dʊɾuːna/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /dæɾuːne/, /doɾuːne/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /daɾuna/, /duɾuna/
Noun
درونه • (darune, dorune)
- bow
- rainbow
- leopardsbane, doronicum
References
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 156
- Vullers, Johann August (1855), “درونه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 838