مرداد

Persian

Alternative forms

  • امرداد (amordâd) (formal, archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭬𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭣 (amurdād), lit. “immortality”; name of the sixth Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Compare مردن (mordan, “to die”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [muɾˈd̪ɒːd̪]
  • IPA(key): /moɾˈd̪ɒːd̪/
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Proper noun

مرداد • (murdād / mordâd) (Tajik spelling мурдод)

  1. Mordad (the fifth solar month of the Persian calendar)
  2. Name of the seventh day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.

Coordinate terms

Persian monthsedit
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.