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Persian
Etymology
Apparently related to the Sogdian borrowing زغار (zağâr, “damp soil”), as زغیر (zeğir), زغر (zeğer) and زغار (zağâr) are all given as a kind of food or cereal (طَعَام (ṭaʕām)) by Burhān-i Qāṭiʼ.
Pronunciation
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Noun
زغیر • (zeğir) (Dari)
- flax (Linum usitatissimum)
- Synonym: کتان (katân)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زعیر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Schapka, Ulrich, Volk, Otto Heinrich (1979) “Ein Verzeichnis von in Afghanistan gebräuchlichen Pflanzennamen”, in Afghanistan Journal, volume 6, number 1, Nr. 215 Linum usitatissimum, page 7
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زغیر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 136a