Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Attested as Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (drwng /⁠drōnag⁠/, rainbow), but without Middle Iranian attestation in the sense of leopardsbane which has been borrowed as Classical Syriac ܕܪܘܢܓ (drwng) and Arabic دَرَوْنَج (darawnaj), uncertain whether it is a distinct word; the rainbow meaning at least is from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /⁠drōn⁠/, bow), which is inherited from Proto-Iranian *dráwnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dráwnam.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? darūna, durūna
Dari reading? darūna, durūna
Iranian reading? daruna, dorune
Tajik reading? daruna

Noun edit

درونه (darune, dorune)

  1. bow
  2. rainbow
  3. leopardsbane, doronicum

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of اندرونه (andarune), from اندرون (andarun) +‎ ـه (-e).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? darūna
Dari reading? darūna
Iranian reading? darune
Tajik reading? daruna

Noun edit

درونه (darune)

  1. inside
  2. belly
Related terms edit

References edit

  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 156
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855), “درونه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 838