بادرنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

• بالنگ (bâlang) (√ *bādrang)
• وارنگ (vârang) (Intra-Iranian reborrowing)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾtlng /⁠wādrang⁠/, “citron”). Akin to Manichaean Parthian [script needed] (wʾdrwng /⁠wādrūng⁠/, “lemon balm, balm mint”) and Iranian-borrowed Old Armenian վարունգ (varung), Mongolian батраш (batraš), Kalmyk батраш (batraş). Further origin in Sanskrit मातुलुङ्ग (mātuluṅga, “citron (tree)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑːð.ˈɾaŋɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːd̪.ɾǽŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːd̪.ɾǽŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːd̪.ɾǽŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːd̪.ɾǽŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒːd̪.ɹǽŋɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.d̪i.ɾíŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bāḏrang
Dari reading?	bādrang
Iranian reading?	bâdrang
Tajik reading?	bodiring

Noun

Dari	بادرنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бодиринг

بادرنگ • (bâdrang)

1. citron
2. (Dari) cucumber

Synonyms

• (citron): ترنج (toronj)
• (cucumber): خیار (xiyâr)

Derived terms

• بادرنگبویه (bâdrangbuye), بادرنگ‌بویه (bâdrang-buye, “lemon balm”)
• وارنگ‌بو (vârang-bu, “lemon balm”)

Descendants

• Tajik: бодиринг (bodiring)
  • Uzbek: bodring
  • Kazakh: бәдірен (bädıren)
  • Kyrgyz: бадыраң (badıraŋ)
• → Gujarati: બાદરંગ (bādraṅg)