ارزش

Persian

Etymology

ارز (arz-, present stem of ارزیدن (arzidan, “to be worth”)) +‎ ـش (-eš).

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás (“price, value”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-ós. Cognate with Ossetian аргъ (arǧ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɾ.ˈziʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zíʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.zéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	arziš
Dari reading?	arziš
Iranian reading?	arzeš
Tajik reading?	arziš

• Audio (Iran):

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• (phonetic Iranian): IPA^(key): [ʔæɾˈzeʃ]

Noun

Dari	ارزش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	арзиш

ارزش • (arzeš)

1. value, worth

Derived terms

• ارزش خالص (arzeš-e xâles)
• ارزشمند (arzešmand)