سنگسار

Persian

Etymology

Henning suggests a possible Sogdian root, citing the Christian Sogdian phrase snqs'r bw - 'to be stoned', where the second element would be the Sogdian directional postposition -sār as seen in words like mrts'r 'hither', 'skys'r 'upward', etc., although qualifying that "it is difficult to say whether [it has] been borrowed either from Persian or Sogdian, or whether [it is] common inheritance in both languages."

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sanɡ.ˈsɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säŋɡ.sɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säŋɡ.sɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säŋɡ.sɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säŋɡ.sɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɲɡʲ.sɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säŋɡ.sɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sangsār
Dari reading?	sangsār
Iranian reading?	sangsâr
Tajik reading?	sangsor

Noun

سنگسار • (sangsâr)

1. stoning, lapidation

References

• W.B. Henning, Sogdian Loan-words in New Persian, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 1940, p. 96