اژدهافش

Persian

Alternative forms

• اژدهاوَش (aždahâvaš)

Etymology

اَژدَها (aždahâ, “dragon, serpent”) +‎ ـفَش (faš, “likeness suffix”)

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ä.ɦɑː.fǽʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ɑːɑː.fǽʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäʒ.d̪ɔːɔː.fǽʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʒ.d̪æ.ɦɒː.fǽʃ]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	aždahāfaš
Dari reading?	aždahāfaš
Iranian reading?	aždahâfaš
Tajik reading?	aždahofaš

Adjective

Dari	اژدهافش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аждаҳофаш

اژدهافش • (aždahâfaš)

1. (archaic, literary) dragon-like, draconic
   • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     مران اَژدَهافَش بیامد چو باد
     به ایران‌زمین تاج بر سر نِهاد

     mar ân aždahâfaš biyâmad čo bâd
     be iran-zamin tâj bar sar nehâd

     That dragon-like (Zahhak) came like the wind and assumed the Iranian throne.

2. (figurative, literary) anything colossal or formidable

Related terms

• شیرفَش (širfaš), دیوفَش (divfaš), کوه‌فَش (kuh-faš)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اژدهافش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press