مازریون

Persian

Etymology

From ماز (mâz, “oak gall”) + زریون (zaryun, “green, fresh”, literally “gold-coloured”), a dvandva after the berries and leaves of the plant, probably borrowed from another Iranian language as the second part of the compound is of restricted, literary use.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.zaɾ.juːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.zäɾ.juːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.zäɾ.juːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.zäɾ.juːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.zäɾ.jun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.zæɹ.juːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.zäɾ.jun]

Readings
Classical reading?	māzaryūn
Dari reading?	māzaryūn
Iranian reading?	mâzaryun
Tajik reading?	mozaryun

Noun

مازریون • (mâzaryun)

1. mezereon, spurge-olive (Daphne mezereum)

Descendants

• → Arabic: مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn), مَازَر (māzar)
  • → Medieval Hebrew: מאזריון
  • → Medieval Latin: mezereon, almezereon, mezereum
    • → Translingual: Daphne mezereum
    • → English: mezereon, mezereum
    • → French: mézéréon
    • → Portuguese: mezereão
    • → Spanish: mezereón
  • → Middle Armenian: մազարիոն (mazarion) (or from Persian)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مازریون (mezeryon)
  • Turkish: mezeryon