اردیبهشت

Persian

Alternative forms

• اردی‌بهشت (ordi-behešt)
• اردبهشت (ardabehešt)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (Ardwahišt), “right”; name of the second Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Compare ارد (ard, “truth”) and بهشت (behešt, “heaven”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔuɾ.di.βi.ˈhiʃt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪ɪ.be̞.ɦɪ́ʃt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪ɪ.be̞.ɦɪ́ʃt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪ɪ.bɪɪ́ʃt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuɾ.d̪i.biíʃt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoɹ.d̪e.be.ɦéʃt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuɾ.d̪i.bi.ɦíʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	urdiḇihišt
Dari reading?	urdibehišt
Iranian reading?	ordebehešt
Tajik reading?	urdibihišt

Proper noun

Dari	اردیبهشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	урдибиҳишт

اردیبهشت • (ordibehešt)

1. Ordibehesht, the second month of the solar Persian calendar.
2. Name of the third day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.

See also

• ثور (sor)

References

• “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, اردی‌بهشت”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2012 July 30 (last accessed), archived from the original on 10 February 2015
• Lambton, Ann K. S. (1954) Persian Vocabulary, London: Cambridge University Press., page 7