هرواج
Persian
Alternative forms
- برواج (misspelling)
Etymology
From Middle Iranian, Akin to Middle Persian ʾwlwʾc- (urwāz-, “rejoice”).
Noun
هرواج • (harvâj)
- (Transoxianan, obsolete) joy
Usage notes
The reading هرواج is a restoration of برواج, with a wrong meaning in Persian lexicons due to existence of two homophone word in Middle Persian (and probably early New Persian) for the meaning of "raining" and "rejoicing".