اردیبهشت

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (Ardwahišt), “right”; name of the second Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Compare ارد (ard, “truth”) and بهشت (behešt, “heaven”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪ɪ.be̞.ɦɪ́ʃt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪ɪ.bɪɪ́ʃt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔuɾ.d̪i.biíʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? urdiḇihišt
Dari reading? urdibehišt
Iranian reading? ordebehešt
Tajik reading? urdibihišt

Proper noun

Dari اردیبهشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik урдибиҳишт

اردیبهشت • (ordibehešt)

  1. Ordibehesht, the second month of the solar Persian calendar.
  2. Name of the third day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.

See also

References

  1. “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, اردی‌بهشت”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2012 July 30 (last accessed), archived from the original on 10 February 2015
  2. Ann K. S. Lambton (1954), Persian Vocabulary, page 7. London: Cambridge University Press.
  3. “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, اردبهشت”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2012 July 30 (last accessed), archived from the original on 26 December 2012
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