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راغ

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Arabic

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Root
ر و غ (r w ḡ)
4 terms

Verb

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رَاغَ (rāḡa) I (non-past يَرُوغُ (yarūḡu), verbal noun رَوْغ (rawḡ) or رَوَغَان (rawaḡān))

  1. to turn, to swerve

Conjugation

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian راغ (râğ, meadow), itself from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾg /⁠rāɣ⁠/, meadow).

Noun

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راغ (rağ)

  1. foot of a mountain, the lower part of a mountain
    Synonyms: اتك (etek), یاقه (yaka)
  2. meadow, field, garden, a grassy place

Descendants

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  • Turkish: rag

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾg /⁠rāɣ⁠/, meadow). Compare Sogdian 𐫡𐫀𐫄 (rʾɣ /⁠rāγ⁠/, plain).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? rāğ
Dari reading? rāğ
Iranian reading? râğ
Tajik reading? roġ

Noun

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راغ (râğ)

  1. meadow
    Synonym: چمن (čaman)
    • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 14”, in دیوان امیر معزی[4]:
      باغ شد از ابر پر ز لؤلؤ لالا
      راغ شد از باد پر ز عنبر سارا
      bāğ šud az abr pur zi lu'lu'-i lālā
      rāğ šud az bād pur zi ambar-i sārā
      The garden became full of lustrous pearls by the cloud,
      The meadow became full of pure ambergris by the breeze.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)