اژدها
See also: اژدہا
Azerbaijani
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | әждәһа |
| Roman | əjdəha |
| Perso-Arabic | اژدها |
Etymology
Noun
اژدها (əjdəha) (definite accusative اژدهانی (əjdəhanı), plural اژدهالار (əjdəhalar))
Declension
Declension of اژدها
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | اژدها | اژدهالار |
| definite accusative | اژدهانێ | اژدهالارێ |
| dative | اژدهایا | اژدهالارا |
| locative | اژدهادا | اژدهالاردا |
| ablative | اژدهادان | اژدهالاردان |
| definite genitive | اژدهانێن | اژدهالارێن |
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
اژدها • (ejdehâ)
Descendants
- Macedonian: аждер (ažder), аждаја (aždaja)
- Serbo-Croatian: aždaha, aždaja / аждаха, аждаја
- Turkish: ejdeha, ejderha, ejder
Persian
Alternative forms
- اژدهاک (aždahâk) (rare, obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Persian ʾcydhʾk' (az(i)dahāg) / ʾzdhʾg (Manichaean), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (Aži Dahāka), name of a mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism, from 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, “snake; dragon”), from Proto-Iranian (compare Middle Persian ʾc' (az, “dragon”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit अहि (áhi)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis (“snake”) (compare Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) and Old Armenian իժ (iž)) + ⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (dahāka) Compare Manichaean Parthian ʾjdhʾg (aždahāg) and Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /(ʔ)æʒdæˈhɒː/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [(ʔ)eʒdeˈhɒː]
Noun
اژدها • (aždahâ, eždehâ) (plural اژادر)
| Dari Persian | اژدها |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | اژدها |
| Tajiki Persian | аждаҳо (aždaho) |
Descendants
References
- “اژدها” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اژدها”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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