Persian

Alternative forms

• ارجوان ‎(arjavân, orjovân)

Noun

ارغوان • ‎(arğavân, arğovân)

Judas tree

1. purple, dark magneta
2. Cercis siliquastrum, Judas tree

Derived terms

• ارغوانی ‎(arğavâni)

Proper noun

ارغوان • ‎(Arğavân)

1. A female given name, Arghavan, Arghawan

References

• "ارغوان" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “argawān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “aragamannu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Itamar Singer, "Purple-Dyers in Lazpa", Tel Aviv University