فرشگرد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (prš(y)gyrd /⁠fraš(a)gird⁠/, “Frashokereti; making wonderful, excellent”), from Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬋𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬌 (frašōkər^əti).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.ɾaʃ.ˈɡiɾð], [fi.ɾaʃ.ˈɡiɾð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪], [fɪ.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪], [fɪ.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪], [fɪ.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäʃ.ɡíɹd̪̥], [fi.ɾäʃ.ɡíɹd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.ɹæʃ.ɡʲéɹd̪̥], [fe.ɹæʃ.ɡʲéɹd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäʃ.ɡíɹd̪], [fi.ɾäʃ.ɡíɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	farašgird, firašgird
Dari reading?	farašgird, firašgird
Iranian reading?	farašgerd, ferašgerd
Tajik reading?	farašgird, firašgird

Noun

فرشگرد • (farašgerd)

1. (Zoroastrianism) Frashokereti, the final renovation of the world, wherein evil is destroyed, and the world is purified