اژدها

See also: اژدہا

Azerbaijani

Noun

اژدها (əjdəha) (definite accusative اژدهانی (əjdəhanı), plural اژدهالار (əjdəhalar))

1. Arabic spelling of əjdaha (“dragon”)

Declension

Declension of اژدها

	singular	plural
nominative	اژدها	اژدهالار
definite accusative	اژدهانێ	اژدهالارێ
dative	اژدهایا	اژدهالارا
locative	اژدهادا	اژدهالاردا
ablative	اژدهادان	اژدهالاردان
definite genitive	اژدهانێن	اژدهالارێن

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• اژدرها (ejderha), اژدر (ejder)

Etymology

From Persian اژدها (aždahâ).

Noun

اژدها • (ejdeha)

1. dragon

Descendants

• Turkish: ejderha
• → Bulgarian: ажде́р (aždér)
• → Macedonian: аждер (ažder), аждаја (aždaja)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ажда̀ха, ажда̀ја

  Latin script: aždàha, aždàja

Persian

Alternative forms

• اژدهاک (aždahâk), اژدرها (ežderhâ, aždarhâ), اژدر (aždar)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾcydhʾk' /⁠az(i)dahāg⁠/) / 𐫀𐫉𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾzdhʾg /⁠azdahāg⁠/) (Manichaean), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka, “Azhi Dahaka”), name of a mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism, from 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, “snake; dragon”), from Proto-Iranian *Háǰiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis (“snake”). Compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾjdhʾg /⁠aždahāg⁠/) and Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaʒ.da.ˈhɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ä.ɦɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ä.ɦɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ɑːɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ɔːɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʒ.d̪æ.ɦɒ́ː], [ʔeʒ.d̪e.ɦɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ä.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	aždahā
Dari reading?	aždahā
Iranian reading?	aždahâ, eždehâ
Tajik reading?	aždaho

Noun

Dari	اژدها
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аждаҳо

اژدها • (aždahâ, eždehâ) (plural اژدهایان (aždahâyân, eždehâyân) or اژادر (ažâdor))

1. dragon

Descendants

• → Armenian: աժդահա (aždaha)
• → Azerbaijani: əjdəha, əjdaha
• → Bashkir: аждаһа
• → Bengali: আজদাহা (ajdaha)
• → Gilaki: اجدیها (ajdīhā)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अज़दहा (azdahā), अझ़दहा (aźadhā)

  Urdu: اژدہا (aždahā)

• → Kazakh: айдаһар (aidahar), аждаһа (ajdaha)
• → Kyrgyz: ажыдаар (ajıdaar)
• → Mazanderani: ایژدیها (īždīhā)
• → Northern Kurdish: ejdeha / ئەژدەھا (ejdeha)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اژدها (ejdeha), اژدرها (ejderha), اژدر (ejder)
  • Turkish: ejderha
  • → Bulgarian: ажде́р (aždér)
  • → Macedonian: аждер (ažder), аждаја (aždaja)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ажда̀ха, ажда̀ја

    Latin script: aždàha, aždàja

• → Tajik: аждаҳо (aždaho)
• → Tatar: аждаһа (ajdaha)
• → Uzbek: ajdar, ajdarho

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اژدها”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اژدها”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul