بادرنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

  • بالنگ (bâlang) (√ *bādrang)
  • وارنگ (vârang) (Intra-Iranian reborrowing)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾtlng /⁠wādrang⁠/, citron). Akin to Manichaean Parthian [script needed] (wʾdrwng /⁠wādrūng⁠/, lemon balm, balm mint) and Iranian-borrowed Old Armenian վարունգ (varung), Mongolian батраш (batraš), Kalmyk батраш (batraş). Further origin in Sanskrit मातुलुङ्ग (mātuluṅga, citron (tree)).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɑːd̪.ɾǽŋɡ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɑːd̪.ɾǽŋɡ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bɔːd̪.ɾǽŋɡ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? bāḏrang
Dari reading? bādrang
Iranian reading? bâdrang
Tajik reading? bodiring

Noun

Dari بادرنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik бодиринг

بادرنگ • (bâdrang)

  1. citron
  2. (Dari) cucumber

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • بادرنگبویه (bâdrangbuye), بادرنگ‌بویه (bâdrang-buye, lemon balm)
  • وارنگ‌بو (vârang-bu, lemon balm)

Descendants

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