زرشک

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Persian

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زرشک - Berberis lycium

Etymology

Related to Northern Kurdish zerêşk, zirêşk, zirîşk, Gilaki (zərəšk); Persian زریک (zerik), زرک (zerek), زرنگ (zarang), زراج (zarâj), زراک (zarâk); Yidgha (azīto); Khotanese ysālva; all meaning "barberry" and ultimately deriving from the word for "yellow": compare Persian زر (zar, gold).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zirišk
Dari reading? zirišk
Iranian reading? zerešk
Tajik reading? zirišk

Noun

Dari زرشک
Iranian Persian
Tajik зиришк

زرشک (zerešk)

  1. barberry
    Synonyms: انبر باریس (anbar bâris), انبرباریس (anbarbâris), امبر باریس (ambar bâris), امبرباریس (ambarbâris), زارج (zârej), زارچ (zâreč)
    زرشک‌پلوzerešk-polowbarberry rice
    زرشک‌پلو با مرغzerešk-polow bâ morğbarberry rice with chicken

Descendants

Interjection

زرشک (zerešk)

  1. (slang) nonsense!

Further reading

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 526
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 350a
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 31–32
  • Karimi, Hadi (1995) Plants of Iran : Scientific, English and Persian names, Tehran: Iran University Press, § 456f
  • Morgenstierne, Georg (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Yidgha-Munji, Sanglechi-Ishkashmi and Wakhi) (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., page 196a

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زرشک (zirišk).

Noun

زِرِشْک (ziriśkm (Gurmukhi spelling ਜ਼ਿਰਿਮ਼ਕ)

  1. barberry

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “زِرِشک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زرشک (zirišk).

Pronunciation

Noun

زِرِشْک (ziriśkm (Hindi spelling ज़िरिश्क)

  1. barberry

Further reading

  • زرشک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • زرشک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.