زنگی
See also: رنگی
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
- زنجی (zanji) (via Arabic)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle Persian zngyk' (zangīg, “Negro”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zan.ˈɡiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæɲ.ɡʲíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäŋ.ɡí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zangī |
Dari reading? | zangī |
Iranian reading? | zangi |
Tajik reading? | zangī |
Noun edit
Dari | زنگی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | зангӣ |
زنگی • (zangi) (plural زنگیها (zangi-hâ))
Derived terms edit
- زنگبار (zangebâr)
Related terms edit
- زنگ (zang)
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: زَنْجِيّ (zanjiyy), زِنْجِيّ (zinjiyy)
- → 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 edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian زنگی (zangī).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zəŋ.ɡiː/
Noun edit
زَن٘گی • (zaṅgī) m (Hindi spelling ज़ंगी)
- dark-skinned, Negro
- a person from Zanzibar