سترگ
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Persian[edit]
| Dari | سترگ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | сутург |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (stwlg /sturg/), from Proto-Iranian *stūrakah. Cognate to Bactrian στοργο (storgo, “mighty, strong, great”). Minus one stem extension from pairing with the equivalent of بزرگ (bozorg) (like Proto-Slavic *čeršьňa (“sweet cherry”) from alignment with *višьňa (“sour cherry”)) cognate to Sanskrit स्थूर (sthūra, “bulky, massive”). In equivalent meaning with different root extension also in Ossetian стыр (styr, “large, great”), Pashto ستر (stër), and Sanskrit स्थिर (sthira, “firm”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [su.tuɾɡ], [si.tuɾɡ], [sa.tuɾɡ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sʊ.t̪ʰʊɾɡ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [se.t̪ʰoɹɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [su.t̪ʰuɾɡ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | suturg, siturg, saturg |
| Dari reading? | suturg |
| Iranian reading? | setorg |
| Tajik reading? | suturg |
Adjective[edit]
- stark, thick, tough, rugged
- great, strong
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3525:
- در رحم پیدا نباشد هند و ترک
چون که زاید بیندش زار و سترگ- dar rahim paydā nabašad hind u turk
čōn ki Zayad bīnad-aš zār u suturg - In the womb (of this world) Hindoo and Turk are not distinguishable,
(but) when each is born (into the next world) he (the seer) sees that each is miserable or glorious.
- dar rahim paydā nabašad hind u turk
- powerful, forceful, severe
References[edit]
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary][1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1609
- Cantera, Alberto (2009) “On the History of Middle Persian Nominal Inflection”, in Exegisti Monumenta. Festschrift in Honour of Nicholas Sims-Williams, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 21
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 158 Nr. 715
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سترگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 655
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سترگ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 224a