ارجمند

Persian

Etymology

Related to ارزیدن (arzidan, “to cost, be of value”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ- (“to cost, have value”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɾ.d͡ʒu.ˈmanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.d͡ʒʊ.mǽn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.d͡ʒʊ.mǽn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.d͡ʒʊ.mǽn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.d͡ʒu.mǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.d͡ʒo.mǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.d͡ʒu.mǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	arjumand
Dari reading?	arjumand
Iranian reading?	arjomand
Tajik reading?	arjumand

Adjective

Dari	ارجمند
Iranian Persian
Tajik	арҷуманд

ارجمند • (arjomand) (comparative ارجمندتَر (arjomand-tar), superlative ارجمندتَرین (arjomand-tarin))

1. precious, valuable
2. honorable, venerable, esteemed
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3472:

     چینیان صد رنگ از شه خواستند
     پس خزینه باز کرد آن ارجمند

     čîniyân sad rang az ša xwastand
     pas xazîna bâz kard ân arjumand

     The Chinese requested the King to give them a hundred colours:
     then that excellent (king) opened the treasury.

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian ارجمند (arjumand, “precious, valuable”)

Adjective

ارجمند • (arjmaṉd) (Hindi spelling अर्जमंद)

1. exalted