زره
See also: رژه
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
زره • (zırıh, zırh)
- armour
- Synonym: جبه (cebe)
- coat of mail
Descendants edit
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (zlyh /zrēy, zrēh/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound, to ring”).
Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀- (zrāδa-, “chainmail, linkings to armor”). Iranian borrowings include: Arabic زَرَد (zarad), Old Armenian զրահ (zrah), Old Georgian ზარადი (zaradi), Classical Syriac ܙܪܕܐ (zardā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זַרְדָּא (zardā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zi.ɾih]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ze.ɹeʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zi.ɾeʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zirih |
Dari reading? | zireh |
Iranian reading? | zereh |
Tajik reading? | zireh |
Dari | زره |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | зиреҳ |
Noun edit
زره • (zere) (plural زرهها (zere-hâ))
Derived terms edit
- زرهپوش (zerehpôš)
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: zireh
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: زره (zirih, zirah)
- → Malay: zirah
- → Indonesian: zirah
- → Middle Armenian: զրեհ (zreh)
- → Armenian: զրահ (zrah)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زره (zırıh, zırh)
- → Uzbek: zirh
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զրահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zrēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press