مهرگان
Persian
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Persian [script needed] (mihragān). By surface analysis, مهر (mehr, the first month of autumn in the Zoroastrian calendar) + ـگان (-gân, relational suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mih.ɾa.ˈɡɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [meɦ.ɹe.ɡɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [meɦ.ɾä.ɡɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | mihragān |
Dari reading? | mehragān |
Iranian reading? | mehregân |
Tajik reading? | mehragon |
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Proper noun
editمهرگان • (mehregân)
- the first day of autumn
- (Zoroastrianism) Mehregan (festival held in the month of Mehr)
- (by extension, poetic) autumn