زره

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See also: رژه

Ottoman Turkish

زره

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زره (zirih).

Pronunciation

Noun

زره • (zırıh, zırh)

  1. armour
    Synonym: جبه (cebe)
  2. coat of mail

Descendants

  • Turkish: zırh
  • → Armenian: զըրխ (zərx), զըռխ (zəṙx)
  • → Crimean Tatar: zırh

Persian

the زره (zirih "armor, coat of chainmail") of Shah Solayman I, c. 1680, Isfahan

Etymology

From Middle Persian (zlyh /⁠zrēy, zrēh⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound, to ring”).

Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀- (zrāδa-, “chainmail, linkings to armor”). Iranian borrowings include: Arabic زَرَد (zarad), Old Armenian զրահ (zrah), Old Georgian ზარადი (zaradi), Classical Syriac ܙܪܕܐ (zardā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זַרְדָּא (zardā).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zirih
Dari reading? zireh
Iranian reading? zereh
Tajik reading? zireh
Dari زره
Iranian Persian
Tajik зиреҳ

Noun

زره • (zere) (plural زره‌ها (zere-hâ))

  1. armour
  2. coat of mail

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զրահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zrēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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