اشرج

See also: أشرح and اشرح

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَشْرَج (ʔašraj), with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaʃ.ˈɾad͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.ɾǽd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.ɾǽd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.ɾǽd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.ɾǽd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʃ.ɹǽd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.ɾǽd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ašraj
Dari reading?	ašraj
Iranian reading?	ašraj
Tajik reading?	ašraj

Noun

اشرج • (ašraj)

1. (literary, rare) A horse (or some other mammal) with only one testicle.
2. A horse with one testicle larger than the other.

Further reading

• Francis Joseph Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892. http ://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:3039.steingass
• لغت‌نامه دهخدا (loğat-nâme dehxodâ, “Dehkhoda dictionary, the most authoritative dictionary of Persian”), entry for اشرج. http ://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-8959495feaf14bab8cef53da4c7a870b-fa.html