زنگار
Persian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zan.ˈɡɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæŋ.ɡɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäŋ.ɡɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zangār |
| Dari reading? | zangār |
| Iranian reading? | zangâr |
| Tajik reading? | zangor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Etymology 1
[edit]From زنگ (zang, “rust”) + ـار (-âr). Cognate to Kurdish ژەنگار (jengar, “dark green”) and compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ժանգառ (žangaṙ), Georgian ჟანგარო (žangaro), Classical Syriac ܙܢܓܪܐ (zangārā), ܙܘܢܓܪܐ (/zwngrʾ/), Arabic زِنْجَار (zinjār).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]زنگار • (zangâr)
Descendants
[edit]- Tajik: зангор (zangor)
- → Uzbek: zangor
- → Azerbaijani: zəngar
- → Bashkir: зәңгәр (zəñgər)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زنگار (zengâr)
- → Tatar: зәңгәр (zäñgär)
- → Uyghur: زەڭگەر (zengger)
Etymology 2
[edit]Compare زانو (“knee”), Ossetian зӕнгой (zængoj, “legging”). [1]
Noun
[edit]زنگار • (zangâr)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume VI, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 298
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 226ab
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 625