اشرج
Persian
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic أَشْرَج (ʔašraj), with the same meaning.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔaʃ.ˈɾad͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæʃ.ɹǽd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäʃ.ɾǽd͡ʒ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ašraj |
Dari reading? | ašraj |
Iranian reading? | ašraj |
Tajik reading? | ašraj |
Noun
editاشرج • (ašraj)
- (literary, rare) A horse (or some other mammal) with only one testicle.
- A horse with one testicle larger than the other.
Further reading
edit- 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