زغیر

See also: زغير

Persian

Alternative forms

• زغر (zeğer), ذغیر (zeğir), ذغر (zeğer), زعیر (zeʼir)

Etymology

Apparently related to the Sogdian borrowing زغار (zağâr, “damp soil”), as زغیر (zeğir), زغر (zeğer) and زغار (zağâr) are all given as a kind of food or cereal (طَعَام (ṭaʕām)) by Burhān-i Qāṭiʼ.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪ.ɣíːɾ]

Readings
Dari reading?	ziğīr

Noun

زغیر • (zeğir) (Dari)

1. flax (Linum usitatissimum)

   Synonym: کتان (katân)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زعیر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Schapka, Ulrich, Volk, Otto Heinrich (1979) “Ein Verzeichnis von in Afghanistan gebräuchlichen Pflanzennamen”, in Afghanistan Journal, volume 6, number 1, Nr. 215 Linum usitatissimum, page 7
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زغیر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 136a