Azeri

Noun

اژدها ‎(əjdəha) ‎(definite accusative اژدهانی ‎(əjdəhanı), plural اژدهالار ‎(əjdəhalar))

1. dragon

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• اژدرها ‎(ejderha)
• اژدر ‎(ejder)

Etymology

From Persian اژدها ‎(aždahâ).

Noun

اژدها • ‎(ejdehâ)

1. dragon

Descendants

• Macedonian: аждер ‎(ažder), аждаја ‎(aždaja)
• Serbo-Croatian: aždaha, aždaja / аждаха, аждаја
• Turkish: ejdeha, ejderha, ejder

Persian

Alternative forms

• اژدهاک ‎(aždahâk) (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾcydhʾk' ‎(az(i)dahāg) / ʾzdhʾg (Manichaean), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 ‎(Aži Dahāka), name of a mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism, from 𐬀𐬲𐬌 ‎(aži, “snake; dragon”), from Proto-Iranian (compare Middle Persian ʾc' ‎(az, “dragon”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit अहि ‎(áhi)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis ‎(“snake”) (compare Ancient Greek ὄφις ‎(óphis) and Old Armenian իժ ‎(iž)) + ⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 ‎(dahāka), of unknown origin, perhaps cognate to Pashto لوی. Compare Manichaean Parthian ʾjdhʾg ‎(aždahāg) and Old Armenian Աժդահակ ‎(Aždahak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)æʒdæˈhɒː/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)eʒdeˈhɒː]

Noun

اژدها • ‎(aždahâ, eždehâ)

1. dragon

Descendants

• → Armenian: աժդահա ‎(aždaha)
• → Azeri: əjdəha, əjdaha / اژدها / әждәһа
• → Bashkir: аждаһа ‎(aždaha)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: अज़दहा ‎(azdahā)
  • Urdu: اژدہا ‎(aždahā)
• → Kurdish: ejdeha / ئەژدەها
• → Ottoman Turkish: اژدها ‎(ejdehâ), اژدرها ‎(ejderha), اژدر ‎(ejder)
  • Turkish: ejdeha, ejderha, ejder
  • → Macedonian: аждер ‎(ažder), аждаја ‎(aždaja)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: aždàha/ажда̀ха, aždàja/ажда̀ја

References

• "اژدها" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اژدها”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul