افرنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

• اورنگ (owrang)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾplng /⁠abrang⁠/, “splendour”), from Proto-Iranian *abi-ra(n)ǰ- (“to color, dye”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)reg-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥέζω (rhézō, “I dye, paint”) and Persian رنگ (rang) itself; also a doublet of اورنگ (abranjan, “bracelet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaf.ɾanɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.ɹæɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɾäŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	afrang
Dari reading?	afrang
Iranian reading?	afrang
Tajik reading?	afrang

Noun

افرنگ • (afrang)

1. throne
2. splendour, elegance, beauty, majesty

   Synonym: فر (farr)

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314