درونه

Persian

Etymology 1

Attested as Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (drwng /⁠drōnag⁠/, rainbow), but without Middle Iranian attestation in the sense of leopardsbane which has been borrowed as Classical Syriac ܕܪܘܢܓ (drwng) and Arabic دَرَوْنَج (darawnaj), uncertain whether it is a distinct word; the rainbow meaning at least is from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /⁠drōn⁠/, bow), which is inherited from Proto-Iranian *dráwnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dráwnam.

Alternative forms

  • درونک (darūnak / darunak) (doronicum)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾuː.ná], [d̪ʊ.ɾuː.ná]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾuː.ná], [d̪ʊ.ɾuː.ná]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾu.ná], [d̪u.ɾu.ná]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æ.ɹuː.né], [d̪o.ɹuː.né]

Readings
Classical reading? darūná, durūná
Dari reading? darūna, durūna
Iranian reading? daruna, dorune
Tajik reading? daruna

Noun

درونه • (darūna / darune) (Tajik spelling даруна)

  1. (Classical Persian, otherwise obsolete) bow related senses
    1. bow
    2. bow-shaped
    3. A bow-shaped stick used in quilting
    4. rainbow
  2. (cheifly Dari) leopardsbane, doronicum

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? darūna
Dari reading? darūna
Iranian reading? darune
Tajik reading? daruna

Noun

درونه • (darūna / darune) (Tajik spelling даруна)

  1. alternative form of درون (darūn / darun)
    Antonym: برونه (burūna / borune)
    1. (figurative) stomach

References

  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008), Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 156
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855), “درونه”, 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 I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 838