نگون

نگون

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nkwn' /nigūn/). Akin to Old Armenian նկուն (nkun), an Iranian borrowing.

Adjective

نگون • (nigūn)

1. turned, inverted, hanging down
2. upside down

Further reading

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نگون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul