درگر

Persian

Alternative forms

• درودگر (dorudgar)
• دریدگر (doridgar)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dwlgl /⁠durgar⁠/, “carpenter”). Equivalent to درود (dorud, “timber, plank”) +‎ ـگر (gar, “agentive suffix”).

Noun

Dari	درگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дуредгар

درگر • (dorgar)

1. carpenter

   Synonym: نجار (najjâr)

Derived terms

• درگری (dorgari, “carpentry”)

Descendants

• → Armenian: դուրգար (durgar)
• → Georgian: დურგალი (durgali)
• → Azerbaijani: dülgər
• → Ottoman Turkish: دولگر (dülger)
  • Turkish: dülger
  • →⇒ Armenian: Տյուլկերյան (Tyulkeryan)
  • → Romanian: dulgher
• → Uzbek: duradgor

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “درگر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul