زنگار

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Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zangār
Dari reading? zangār
Iranian reading? zangâr
Tajik reading? zangor

Etymology 1

From زنگ (zang, “rust”) +‎ ـار (-âr). Cognate to Kurdish ژەنگار (jengar, “dark green”) and compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ժանգառ (žangaṙ), Georgian ჟანგარო (žangaro), Classical Syriac ܙܢܓܪܐ (zangārā), ܙܘܢܓܪܐ (/⁠zwngrʾ⁠/), Arabic زِنْجَار (zinjār).

Alternative forms

Noun

زنگار • (zangâr)

  1. verdigris, rust
Descendants

Etymology 2

Compare زانو (“knee”), Ossetian зӕнгой (zængoj, “legging”). [1]

Noun

زنگار • (zangâr)

  1. (rare or obsolete) legging, gaiter, bootleg
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume VI, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 298

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 226ab
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 625
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