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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from the Middle Persian ancestor of Persian شنگرف (šangarf).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zin.d͡ʒafr/, /zun.d͡ʒufr/

Noun

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زِنْجَفْر or زُنْجُفْر (zinjafr or zunjufrm

  1. cinnabar
  2. vermilion

Declension

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Declension of noun زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr)‎; زُنْجُفْر (zunjufr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal زِنْجَفْر‎; زُنْجُفْر
zinjafr‎; zunjufr
الزِّنْجَفْر‎; الزُّنْجُفْر
az-zinjafr‎; az-zunjufr
زِنْجَفْر‎; زُنْجُفْر
zinjafr‎; zunjufr
nominative زِنْجَفْرٌ‎; زُنْجُفْرٌ
zinjafrun‎; zunjufrun
الزِّنْجَفْرُ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرُ
az-zinjafru‎; az-zunjufru
زِنْجَفْرُ‎; زُنْجُفْرُ
zinjafru‎; zunjufru
accusative زِنْجَفْرًا‎; زُنْجُفْرًا
zinjafran‎; zunjufran
الزِّنْجَفْرَ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرَ
az-zinjafra‎; az-zunjufra
زِنْجَفْرَ‎; زُنْجُفْرَ
zinjafra‎; zunjufra
genitive زِنْجَفْرٍ‎; زُنْجُفْرٍ
zinjafrin‎; zunjufrin
الزِّنْجَفْرِ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرِ
az-zinjafri‎; az-zunjufri
زِنْجَفْرِ‎; زُنْجُفْرِ
zinjafri‎; zunjufri

Descendants

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زنجفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257
  • Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “زنجفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1257.
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زنجفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 531

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr).

Noun

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زنجفر (zencefr)

  1. cinnabar
  2. vermilion

Descendants

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Further reading

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