شرزه‌پلنگ

Persian

Etymology

From شرزه (šarze, “ferocious, raging”) +‎ پلنگ (palang, “leopard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃaɾ.za.pa.ˈlanɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.zä.pʰä.lǽŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.zä.pʰä.lǽŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.zä.pʰä.lǽŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.zä.pʰä.lǽŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæɹze.pʰæ.lǽɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.zä.pʰä.lǽŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šarza-palang
Dari reading?	šarza-palang
Iranian reading?	šarze-palang
Tajik reading?	šarza-palang

Noun

شرزه‌پلنگ • (šarze-palang)

1. (archaic, literary) a ferocious, raging leopard
   • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     کنون من شوم سوی برزو بجنگ
     تو شو سوی هومان چو شرزه‌پلنگ

     konun man šavam suye borzu be jang
     to šo suye humân čo šarze-palang

     Now I'm going to battle Borzu,
     you go and fight Houmān like a ferocious leopard!

Related terms

• شرزه‌شیر (šarze-šir)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شرزه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press