برگ

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰárati.

برگ • (barag) (past stem برت (burt))

1. to bear
2. to carry
3. to take
4. to take away

• IPA^(key): /bɜːrɡ/

برگ (berg)

1. mountain

• کوه‌وبرگ (kuhoberg)

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wlg /⁠warg⁠/, “leaf”) (whence Early New Persian بلگ (balg)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warkás ~ *walkás. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬐𐬀 (var^əka), Sanskrit वल्क (valka, “bark of a tree”).

• بلگ (balg) (archaic, dialectal)
• بلک (balk) (Hazaragi)

برگ • (barg) (plural برگ‌ها (barg-hā / barg-hâ), Tajik spelling барг)

1. leaf

   برگ زرد و خراب

   barg-e zard va xarâb

   yellow, wilted leaf

   برگ سبزی است تحفه درویش.

   barg-e sabzi ast tohfe-ye darviš.

   A green leaf is a poor man's gift.

   (Persian proverb about poverty)

   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Kay Qubād”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     چو دانست کامد به نزدیک مرگ
     بپژمرد خواهد همی سبز برگ

     čū dānist k-āmad ba nazdīk marg
     bipižmurd xwāhad hamē sabz barg

     When it knows that death has come near,
     The green leaf will wither away.

2. petal

   برگ گل رز ― barg-e gol-e roz ― rose petal

3. sheet, folio

• → Chagatai: برک (brk /⁠bärg⁠/)
  • Uyghur: بەرگ (berg)
  • Uzbek: barg
• → Ottoman Turkish: برك (berg)
• → Urdu: برگ (barg)

• Hassandoust, Mohammad (2002/2003), “¹برگ”, in Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume I: Â-B, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, page 192
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “warg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Uncertain. Perhaps a cognate of Sanskrit वल्गा (valgā, “bridle, rein”). Old Armenian վարկ (vark) and Middle Georgian ვარგი (vargi) may be related borrowings from a Middle Iranian language.

برگ • (barg) (plural برگ‌ها (barg-hā / barg-hâ), Tajik spelling барг)

1. tools, utensils, means
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 256:

     برون آمد ز خرگه یار برگ جنگ بربسته
     بقصد خون صد همچون من مسکین کمر بسته

     birōn āmad zi xargah yār barg-i jang barbasta
     ba-qasd-i xūn-i sad hamčūn man-i miskīn kamar basta

     The beloved has left the tent, having put on his weapons of war;
     He has girdled his loins in search of the blood of a hundred wretches like me.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. wealth

• → Old Georgian: ბარგი (bargi)
  • Georgian: ბარგი (bargi)
    • → Armenian: բարգ (barg)
    • → Bats: ბარგ (barg)
    • → Laz: ბარგი (bargi)
    • → Mingrelian: ბარგი (bargi)
    • → Svan: ბა̈რგ (bärg)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979), “վարկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 322a
• Hassandoust, Mohammad (2002/2003), “³برگ”, in Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume I: Â-B, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, page 192
• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990), Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[2] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 48–49

Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”) and cognate with Sanskrit वर (vára, “wish, desire”).

برگ • (barg) (plural برگ‌ها (barg-hā / barg-hâ), Tajik spelling барг)

1. intention, desire
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 160:

     یار گر گوید که جان ده یا برو از کوی من
     عاشق آن باشد که اول برگ جان دادن کند

     yār gar gōyad ki jān dih yā biraw az kō-yi man
     āšiq ān bāšad ki awwal barg-i jān dādan kunad

     If the beloved says "Give up your life or leave my alley!"
     The lover is the one who first intends to give up his life.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

• Hassandoust, Mohammad (2002/2003), “²برگ”, in Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume I: Â-B, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, page 192
• Horn, Paul (1898–1901), “Neupersische Schriftsprache [New Persian written language]”, in Wilhelm Geiger, Ernst Kuhn, editors, Grundriß der iranischen Philologie [Outline of Iranian Philology] (in German), volume I, part II, Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 63

برگ (borg)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) eyebrow