زنگی

See also: رنگی

Persian

Alternative forms

• زنجی (zanji) (via Arabic)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian zngyk' (zangīg, “Negro”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zan.ˈɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɲ.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading?	zangī
Dari reading?	zangī
Iranian reading?	zangi
Tajik reading?	zangī

Noun

Dari	زنگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зангӣ

زنگی • (zangi) (plural زنگی‌ها (zangi-hâ))

1. dark-skinned, Negro
2. (archaic) black
3. (archaic) rusty

Derived terms

• زنگبار (zangebâr)

Related terms

• زنگ (zang)

Descendants

• → Arabic: زَنْجِيّ (zanjiyy), زِنْجِيّ (zinjiyy)
  • → Azerbaijani: zənci
  • → Chagatai: زنجی
    • Uzbek: zanji
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زَنجی (zenci)
    • Turkish: zenci
  • → Persian: زنجی (zanji)
• → Azerbaijani: zəngi
• → Chagatai: زنگی
  • Uzbek: zangi
• → Georgian: ზანგი (zangi)
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: زَن٘گِی (zaṅgī)

• → Malay: janggi
• → Old Javanese: jĕnggi
• → Ottoman Turkish: زَنگی (zengi)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: زنجى (zéngi)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زنگی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zangīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنگی (zangī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zəŋ.ɡiː/

Noun

زَن٘گی • (zaṅgī) m (Hindi spelling ज़ंगी)

1. dark-skinned, Negro
2. a person from Zanzibar

References

• “زنگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “زنگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.