زانو

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زانو (zânu, knee).

Noun

زانو (zanu)

  1. knee, the joint between the thigh and the shank
    Synonyms: دیز (diz), ركبه (rükbe)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zanu

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jā́nu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́nu, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Mazanderani زندی (zendi),[1] Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu), Latin genū, English knee.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zānū
Dari reading? zānū
Iranian reading? zânu
Tajik reading? zonu

Noun

Dari زانو
Iranian Persian
Tajik зону

زانو (zânu) (plural زانوها (zânu-hâ))

  1. (anatomy) knee

References

  1. ^ Talebi, Ali (2012) مشتی از مرواریدهای فراموش‌شده‌ی مازندران (فرهنگ واژگانی) [A Handful of the Forgotten Pearls of Mazandaran (Dictionary)]‎, Amol, page 39

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