سماروغ

Persian

Alternative forms

سماروخ (samārōx / samârux), زماروغ (zamārōġ / zamâruġ), ژماروغ (žamārōġ / žamâruġ)
زنبوروغ (zanbōrūġ) (Tranoxania)

Etymology

Most likely a compound corresponding to (zamī / zami, “earth”) + (ārōġ / âruġ, “belch; burp”). Persian sometimes conflates initial /s-/ and /z-/. The Transoxanian variant is contaminated by (zanbōr / zanbur, “wasp, bee”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.maː.ˈroːɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mɑː.ɾoːɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.mɑː.ɾoːɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.mɔː.ɾʊːɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.mɒː.ɹuːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäm.bɵ.ɾuʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	samārōġ
Dari reading^?	samārōġ
Iranian reading^?	samâruġ
Tajik reading^?	zanbüruġ

Noun


Dari	سماروغ
Iranian Persian	قارچ
Tajik	қорч, занбӯруғ

سماروغ • (samārōġ / samâruġ) (Tajik spelling занбӯруғ)

(Dari, Tajik, Sistani or archaic) mushroom

References

^ Asatrian, Garnik (2020), “Classical New Persian samārō/ūγ ‘mushroom’”, in Iran & the Caucasus‎^[1], volume 24, number 4, →DOI, pages 419–422

[1] Asatrian, Garnik (2020), “Classical New Persian samārō/ūγ ‘mushroom’”, in Iran & the Caucasus‎^[1], volume 24, number 4, →DOI, pages 419–422

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