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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (zlykl /zarr(ī)gar/, “goldsmith”). By surface analysis, زر (zarr, “gold”) + ـگر (-gar, “-er”).
Pronunciation
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zargar
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| Dari reading?
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zargar
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| Iranian reading?
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zargar
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| Tajik reading?
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zargar
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Noun
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زرگر
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заргар
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زرگر • (zargar) (plural زرگرها, or زرگران)
- goldsmith
- Synonyms: طلاساز (talâsâz), زرساز (zarsâz)
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume I, verse 168:نبض جست و روی سرخ و زرد شد
کز سمرقندی زرگر فرد شد- nabz just u rōy surx u zard šud
k-az samarqandī zargar fard šud - Her pulse jumped and her face went red and pale, for she had been parted from a man of Samarcand, a goldsmith.
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References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زرگر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zarr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press