ژرف

See also: رزق and ر ز ق

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian *žarf, borrowed from Parthian 𐫋𐫜𐫡 (jfr /⁠žafr⁠/, deep), displacing native [Book Pahlavi needed] (zwpl /⁠zofr⁠/), both from Proto-Iranian *ǰafráh (deep). Possibly a doublet of جَفْر (jafr, occult knowledge), an Arabic loanword perhaps originally borrowed from Iranian.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? žarf
Dari reading? žarf
Iranian reading? žarf
Tajik reading? žarf

Adjective

ژرف • (žarf) (comparative ژرف‌تَر, superlative ژرف‌تَرین, Tajik spelling жарф)

  1. deep
    Synonyms: عمیق (amīq / amiġ), (Dari, Tajik) چقر (čuqur / čoġor)
    گودال میلواکی نام ژرف‌ترین نقطه اقیانوس اطلس است.
    gawdāl-i mīlwākī nām-i  / gowdâl-e milvâki nâm-e žarf-tarīn nuqta-yi uqyānūs-i atlas ast. / -tarin noġte-ye oġyânus-e atlas ast.
    The Milwaukee Deep is the name of the deepest point of the Atlantic Ocean.
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎[1]:
      میان جامع و این دشت ساهره وادیی ست عظیم ژرف، و در آن وادی، که همچون خندقست، بناهای بزرگست بر نسق پیشینیان.
      miyān-i jāmi' u īn dašt sāhira-yi wādīyē-st azīm žarf, wa dar ān wādī, ki hamčōn xandaq ast, binā-hā-yi buzurg ast bar nasaq-i pēšēnīyān.
      Between the congregational mosque and this plane, there is a flowing wadi, extremely deep, and in that wadi (which is like a ditch) are great buildings in the fashion of the ancients.

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