اهریمن

Persian

Alternative forms

  • آهریمن (âhriman)
  • اهرمن (ahreman)
  • آهرمن (âhreman)
  • اهرامن (ahrâman)
  • آهرامن (âhrâman)
  • اهریمه (ahrime)
  • آهریمه (âhrime)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾhlmn', ʾhlymn', 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 (Ahreman).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäɦ.ɾiː.mǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.ɾiː.mǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔː.ɾi.mǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? ahrēman
Dari reading? ahrīman
Iranian reading? ahriman
Tajik reading? ahriman

Noun

اَهْریمَن • (ahriman) (plural اهریمنان (ahrimanân) or اهریمن‌ها (ahriman-hâ))

  1. devil

Derived terms

Proper noun

اَهْریمَن • (ahriman)

  1. Ahriman

Derived terms

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “Ahreman”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7
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