زنگار
Persian edit
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
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -âr
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