مهرگان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mihragān). By surface analysis, مهر (mehr, the first month of autumn in the Zoroastrian calendar) +‎ ـگان (-gân, relational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mih.ɾa.ˈɡɑːn], [mihɾ.ˈɡɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.ɾä.ɡɑ́ːn], [me̞ɦɾ.ɡɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.ɾä.ɡɑ́ːn], [me̞ɦɾ.ɡɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ.ɾä.ɡɑ́ːn], [mɪɾ.ɡɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.ɾä.ɡɔ́ːn], [miɾ.ɡɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.ɹe.ɡɒ́ːn], [meɦɹ.ɡɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦɾ.ɡɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	mihragān, mihrgān
Dari reading?	mehragān, mehrgān
Iranian reading?	mehregân, mehrgân
Tajik reading?	mehrgon

• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

Dari	مهرگان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	меҳргон

مهرگان • (mehregân)

1. the first day of autumn
3. (Zoroastrianism) Mehregan (festival held in the month of Mehr)
4. (by extension, poetic) autumn

Descendants

• → Arabic: مِهْرَجان (mihrajān)
  • South Levantine Arabic: مهرجان (mahrajān)