البرز

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hlbwlc (Harborz, “the mountain range surrounding the world”), from Old Persian *Harā Brzatī (“high mountain”), northwestern borrowing from Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī (Compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬁⸱𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (harā.bər^əzaⁱtī, “a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology”)). Akin to English Elbrus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔal.ˈbuɾz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bʊ́ɹz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bʊ́ɹz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.búɹz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæl.bóɹz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.búɹz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	alburz
Dari reading^?	alburz
Iranian reading^?	alborz
Tajik reading^?	alburz

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	البرز
Dari	البرز
Tajik	Албурз

البرز • (alborz)

Alborz, A province of Iran.

Related terms

برز (borz)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “Harborz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43

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