بارگی
Persian
editEtymology
editBy surface analysis, باره (bâre, “horse”) + ـگی (-gi).
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [bɑː.ɾa.ˈɡiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bɒːɹe.ɡʲíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bɔ.ɾä.ɡí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | bāra-gī |
Dari reading? | bāra-gī |
Iranian reading? | bâre-gi |
Tajik reading? | bora-gi |
Noun
editبارگی • (bâregi)
- (obsolete) excellent horse
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings][1]:
- بدان مرغزار اندرون بنگرید
ز هر سو همی بارگی را ندید- bad-ān marğzār andarūn bingarīd
zi har sō hamē bāragī rā na-dīd - He looked about within that meadow,
No horse was seen in any direction.
- bad-ān marğzār andarūn bingarīd
Further reading
edit- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بارگی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul