پانجار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

پنجر (pencer), پنجار (pencar), بنجر (bencer)

Etymology

From Armenian բանջար (banǰar, “edible greens, vegetable”) (in dialects also փանջար (pʻanǰar), փա̈նջա̈ր (pʻänǰär), պա̈նջա̈ր (pänǰär) etc.), from Old Armenian բանջար (banǰar, “edible greens, vegetable”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɑnˈdʒɑɾ]

Noun

پانجار • (pancar)

beet (Beta vulgaris plant, leaves and tree)

Descendants

Turkish: pancar, pencer, pençer, perpencer
→ Albanian: panxhar
→ Arabic: بَنْجَر (banjar)
→ Bulgarian: панджа́р (pandžár)
→ Greek: παντζάρι (pantzári)
→ Ladino: pandjar
→ Romanian: pangea