شنگار

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شنگار

Alternative forms

شنگال (šangâl, šengâl)

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܫܢܓܪܐ (šengarā), ܫܢܓܗ (šengah, “idem”), Old Armenian սնգոյր (sngoyr), Georgian სინგური (singuri), names of red colours; maybe the same word as treated under Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn) and إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj), with metathesis.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): ,

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): ,
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): ,
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): ,

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): ,

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): ,

Readings
Classical reading^?	šangār, šingār
Dari reading^?	šangār, šingār
Iranian reading^?	šangâr, šengâr
Tajik reading^?	šangor, šingor

Noun

شنگار • (šangâr, šengâr)

bugloss (Anchusa, Alkanna spp.)

Descendants

→ Arabic: شَنْجَار (šanjār), شِنْجَار (šinjār)
- → Persian: شنجار (šanjâr, šenjâr)

References

Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “شنگار”, 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 2, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 471a

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