برگ

See also: پرک, ترك, برك, ترک, برک, and ب ر ك

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰárati.

Verb

برگ • (barag) (past stem برت (burt))

to bear
to carry
to take
to take away

Northern Luri

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɜːrɡ/

Noun

برگ (berg)

mountain

Derived terms

کوه‌وبرگ (kuhoberg)

Persian

Alternative forms

بلگ (balg) (archaic, dialectal)
بلک (balk) (Hazaragi)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wlg /⁠warg⁠/, “leaf”) (whence Early New Persian (balg)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warkás ~ *walkás. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬐𐬀 (var^əka), Sanskrit वल्क (valka, “bark of a tree”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾɡ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	barg
Dari reading^?	barg
Iranian reading^?	barg
Tajik reading^?	barg

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	برگ
Dari	برگ
Tajik	барг

برگ • (barg) (plural برگ‌ها (barg-hâ))

leaf
barg-e zard va xarâb
yellow, wilted leaf

barg-e sabzi ast tohfe-ye darviš.
A green leaf is a poor man's gift.
(Persian proverb about poverty)
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Kay Qubād”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:
  چو دانست کامد به نزدیک مرگ
  بپژمرد خواهد همی سبز برگ
  čū dānist k-āmad ba nazdīk marg
  bipižmurd xwāhad hamē sabz barg
  When it knows that death has come near,
  The green leaf will wither away.
petal
― barg-e gol-e roz ― rose petal
sheet, folio
tools, utensils, means
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 256:
  برون آمد ز خرگه یار برگ جنگ بربسته
  بقصد خون صد همچون من مسکین کمر بسته
  birōn āmad zi xargah yār barg-i jang barbasta
  ba-qasd-i xūn-i sad hamčūn man-i miskīn kamar basta
  The beloved has left the tent, having put on his weapons of war;
  He has girdled his loins in search of the blood of a hundred wretches like me.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
intention, desire
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 160:
  یار گر گوید که جان ده یا برو از کوی من
  عاشق آن باشد که اول برگ جان دادن کند
  yār gar gōyad ki jān dih yā biraw az kō-yi man
  āšiq ān bāšad ki awwal barg-i jān dādan kunad
  If the beloved says "Give up your life or leave my alley!"
  The lover is the one who first intends to give up his life.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
wealth

Derived terms

برگه (barge)
برگچه (bargče)
برگی (bargi)
بی‌برگ (bi-barg)
خمیربرگ (xamir-barg)

Descendants

→ Urdu: برگ (barg)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “warg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Southwestern Fars

Noun

برگ (borg)

(Masarm, Deh Sarv) eyebrow