برگ

See also: پرک, ترك, برك, ترک, برک, and ب ر ك

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰárati.

Verb

برگ • (barag) (past stem برت (burt))

1. to bear
2. to carry
3. to take
4. to take away

Northern Luri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɜːrɡ/

Noun

برگ (berg)

1. mountain

Derived terms

• کوه‌وبرگ (kuhoberg)

Persian

Alternative forms

• بلگ (balg) (archaic, dialectal)
• بلک (balk) (Hazaragi)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wlg /⁠warg⁠/, “leaf”) (whence Early New Persian بلگ (balg)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warkás ~ *walkás. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬐𐬀 (var^əka), Sanskrit वल्क (valka, “bark of a tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	barg
Dari reading?	barg
Iranian reading?	barg
Tajik reading?	barg

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	برگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	барг

برگ • (barg) (plural برگ‌ها (barg-hâ))

1. leaf

   برگ زرد و خراب

   barg-e zard va xarâb

   yellow, wilted leaf

   برگ سبزی است تحفه درویش.

   barg-e sabzi ast tohfe-ye darviš.

   A green leaf is a poor man's gift.

   (Persian proverb about poverty)

2. petal

   برگ گل رز ― barg-e gol-e roz ― rose petal

3. sheet, folio
4. tools, utensils, means
5. intention, desire
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 160:

     یار گر گوید که جان ده یا برو از کوی من
     عاشق آن باشد که اول برگ جان دادن کند

     yār gar gōyad ki jān dih yā biraw az kō-yi man
     āšiq ān bāšad ki awwal barg-i jān dādan kunad

     If the beloved says "Give up your life or leave my alley!"
     The lover is the one who first intends to give up his life.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

6. wealth

Derived terms

• برگه (barge)
• برگچه (bargče)
• برگی (bargi)
• بی‌برگ (bi-barg)

 

Descendants

• → Urdu: برگ (barg)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “warg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Southwestern Fars

Noun

برگ (borg)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) eyebrow