Save Gender Masculine Usage Persian, Persian Mythology Scripts ارژنگ(Persian) Pronounced Pron. /ʔæɾ.ˈʒæɲɡ/(Persian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Meaning uncertain, possibly from Old Persian meaning "message of truth" [1]. This is the name of a holy book in Manichaeism, written by Mani. It is also the name of a character in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh. Categories religion, travel, truth, uncertain etymology Sources & References Page at https://iranicaonline.org/articles/arzang-mid.