آروغ

Persian

Alternative forms

آروق (âroq), آرغ (âroġ), وروغ (voruġ), روغ (ruġ), رغ (roġ), آرق (âroq), ارغ (aroġ)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“belch, roar”). Cognate with Latin erugo (“belch”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈroːɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾóːɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾóːɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɾʊ́ːɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɹúːɢ̥]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ˈɹoːɢ̥], [ʔɒː.ɹúːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɾɵ́ʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ārōġ
Dari reading^?	ārōġ
Iranian reading^?	âruġ
Tajik reading^?	orüġ

Noun

آروغ • (ārōġ / âruġ) (plural آروغ‌ها (ārōġ-hā / âruġ-hâ), Tajik spelling орӯғ)

burp
belch

Derived terms

آروغ زدن (âruġ zadan)
سماروغ (samārōġ / samâruġ, “mushroom”)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “آروغ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “آروغ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.