مرداد

Persian

Alternative forms

• امرداد (amordâd) (formal, archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭬𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭣 (amurdād), lit. “immortality”; name of the sixth Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Compare مردن (mordan, “to die”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muɾˈd̪ɒːd̪]
• IPA^(key): /moɾˈd̪ɒːd̪/

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Proper noun

Dari	مرداد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Мурдод

مرداد • (mordâd)

1. Mordad, the fifth month of the solar Persian calendar.
2. Name of the seventh day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.