Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian ancestral to Arabic مَامِيرَان (māmīrān), whence also Byzantine Greek μαμιρά (mamirá), μαμειρά (mameirá), μαμηρά (mamērá), Classical Syriac ܡܐܡܝܪܐܢ (māmīrān), ܡܡܝܪܐܢ (mammīrān), ܡܝܡܝܪܘܢ (mīmīrōn), ܡܡܝܪܘܢ (mammīrōn), ܡܝܡܪܘܢ (*mīmrōn), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מַמְרוּ (mamrū).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? māmīrān
Dari reading? māmīrān
Iranian reading? mâmirân
Tajik reading? momiron

Noun

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مامیران (mâmirân)

  1. celandine
  2. goldthread, Yunnan goldthread