زخمه

Ottoman Turkish

زخمه

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زخمه (zaxme, “plectrum”).

Noun

زخمه • (zahme) (definite accusative زخمه‌یی (zahmeyi), plural زخمه‌لر (zahmeler))

1. plectrum, a small piece of metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of an instrument, such as a lyre, guitar, etc.

   Synonyms: تازیانه (taziyane), مضراب (mızrab)

2. bow, a rod with horsehair stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments

   Synonym: یای (yay)

3. stirrup strap, stirrup leather, a piece of leather or other material attached to the saddle that supports a stirrup

Derived terms

• زخمه‌لمك (zahmelemek, “to strike with a plectrum”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sakme

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “زخمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 37
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zahme”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5426
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zahme”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1401
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زخمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 642
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Plectrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1307
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زخمه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2435
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زخمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1006

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zax.ˈma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäx.mǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäx.mǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäx.mǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäx.mǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæx.mé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäχ.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zaxma
Dari reading?	zaxma
Iranian reading?	zaxme
Tajik reading?	zaxma

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	زخمه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	захма

زخمه • (zaxme) (plural زخمه‌ها (zaxme-hâ))

1. plectrum
   • Rumi

     ما چو چنگیم و تو زخمه می‌زنی ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Synonym: مضراب (mezrâb)