زرادخانه

Persian

Alternative forms

زراد خانه (zarrād xāna / zarrâd xâne), زردخانه (zaradxāna / zaradxâne)

Etymology

From (zarrād / zarrâd, “armourer”) +‎ (xāna / xâne, “house”). Accepted by the APLL as an alternative to (qūrxāna / ġurxâne), which it displaced.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zaɾ.ɾaːd.xaː.ˈna/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zär.rɑːd̪.xɑː.ná]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zär.rɑːd̪.xɑː.ná]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zär.rɔːd̪.xɔː.ná]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɹ.ɹɒːd̪.xɒː.né]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.ɾɔd̪.χɔ.ná]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zarrādxāna
Dari reading^?	zarrādxāna
Iranian reading^?	zarrâdxâne
Tajik reading^?	zarrodxona

Noun

زرادخانه • (zarrādxāna / zarrâdxâne) (Tajik spelling зарродхона)

arsenal, armoury
Synonyms: اسلحه‌خانه (aslaha-xāna / aslahe-xâne), (archaic or historical) قورخانه (qūrxāna / ġurxâne)
arsenal (of a country)
― zarrādxāna-yi hasta-ī / zarrâdxâne-ye haste-i ― nuclear arsenal

Descendants

(through the form زردخانه (zaradxāna / zaradxâne))

→ Arabic: زَرَدْخَانَة (zaradḵāna), زَرَدْخَانَاة (zaradḵānāh)
- → Classical Persian: زَرَدْخَانَاه (zaradxānāh)
→ Georgian: ზარადხანა (zaradxana), ზარდახანა (zardaxana)
→ Middle Armenian: զառատխանայ (zaṙatxanay).

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “زرادخانه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “زرادخانه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985), “زرادخانه”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr