/ʔar.ˈzaːn/, [ʔäɾ.zɑ́ːn], [ʔäɾ.zɑ́ːn]
ریشهFrom Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlcʾn /arzān/), 𐫀𐫡𐫉𐫀𐫗 (ʾrzʾn /arzān/, “valuable, worthy”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlc /arz/, “worth, value”) + [Book Pahlavi needed] (-ʾn /-ān/), from Proto-Iranian *Hárǰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárǰʰ- (“to be worth”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫡𐫋𐫀𐫗 (ʾrjʾn /aržān/, “worthy”), Talysh ارژون (erjon), Northern Kurdish erzan and the following Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian արժան (aržan, “worthy; cheap”), Classical Syriac ܐܪܙܢ (ʾarzān, “cheap”).
- cheap, inexpensive
“خویشتن را آدمی ارزان فروخت، بود اطلس خویش بر دلقی بدوخت” — man sold himself for cheap; he was satin, but sewed himself to a dervish's rags.
صورتهاarzân(romanization) · ارزانتَر(comparative) · ارزانتَرین(superlative)