روناس
Persian
Alternative forms
- رویناس (rōynās), روغناس (rōğnās)
- رویان (rōyān), رودینه (rōdīna), روذینه (rōḏīna) (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥόϊνος (rhóïnos, “garnet, pomegranate-coloured”), influenced by روی (rōy, “copper”), plausibly also acquired via Aramaic attested in Classical Syriac ܪܘܙܢܘܣ.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾoː.nɑːs]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [roː.nɑːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [roː.nɑːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [rʊː.nɔːs]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹo.nɒːs]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾɵ.nɔs]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | rōnās |
Dari reading? | rōnās |
Iranian reading? | ronâs |
Tajik reading? | rünos |
Descendants
- → Arabic: رُنّاس (runnās) — rare
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “روناس”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “رودینه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- أبو القاسم بن حوقل (977) Michael Jan de Goeje, editor, كتاب مسالك والممالك [kitāb masālik wa-l-mamālik] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 2) (in Arabic), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1873, page 249 line 5b
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 363
- Minorsky, Vladimir (1955) “Addenda to the Ḥudūd al-ʕĀlam”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 17, number 2, , page 257a
- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 149 Nr. 440
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “روناس”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 80b
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