ارزان

See also: ارزاں

Baluchi

Adjective

ارزان (arzán)

  1. cheap
  2. inexpensive

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar.zɑn/

Adjective

ارزان (arzân)

  1. cheap

Declension

See also

ارزانه


Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlcʾn /arzān/), 𐫀𐫡𐫉𐫀𐫗 (ʾrzʾn /arzān/, valuable, worthy), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlc /arz/, worth, value) + [Book Pahlavi needed] (-ʾn /-ān/). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫡𐫋𐫀𐫗 (ʾrjʾn /aržān/, worthy), Kurdish erzan and the following Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian արժան (aržan, worthy; cheap), Classical Syriac ܐܪܙܢ (ʾarzān, cheap).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Dari Persian ارزان
Iranian Persian ارزان
Tajiki Persian арзон (arzon)

ارزان (arzân) (comparative ارزان‌تر, superlative ارزان‌ترین)

  1. cheap, inexpensive

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • ارزانی (arzâni)
  • ارزان‌فروش (arzân-foruš)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, pages 52, 53
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “arzān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 296
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