زنجیر

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Ottoman Turkish

زنجیر

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Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زنجیر (zanjir, chain).

Noun

زنجیر (zincir)

  1. chain, a series of interconnected rings or links
    Synonym: سلسله (silsile)
  2. fetter, a chain used to bind the legs of a person
    Synonym: بوقاغی (bukağı)

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Further reading

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zinjīr, zanjīr
Dari reading? zinjīr, zanjīr
Iranian reading? zenjir, zanjir
Tajik reading? zinjir, zanjir

Noun

زنجیر (zanjīr / zanjir) (Tajik spelling занҷир)

  1. chain
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume I, verse 3159:
      یاد دادش جور اخوان و حسد
      گفت کان زنجیر بود و ما اسد
      yâd dâd-aš jawr-i-axwân u hasad
      guft k-ân zanjîr bûd u mâ asad
      He spoke to him (Joseph) of the injustice and envy of his brethren: Joseph said, “That was (like) a chain, and I was the lion.

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنجیر (zanjir).

Pronunciation

Noun

زَنْجِیر (zanjīrf (Hindi spelling ज़ंजीर)

  1. chain, shackle

Declension

Declension of زنجیر
singular plural
direct زَنْجِیر (zanjīr) زَنْجِیریں (zanjīrẽ)
oblique زَنْجِیر (zanjīr) زَنْجِیروں (zanjīrõ)
vocative زَنْجِیر (zanjīr) زَنْجِیرو (zanjīro)

References

  • زنجیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • زنجیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.