زین

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See also: رين, زين, رین, and ر ي ن

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

Northern Kurdish zîn

زین (zîn)

  1. saddle

Derived terms

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زین (zin, saddle), itself from Middle Persian (zyn' /⁠zēn⁠/, saddle).

Noun

زین (zin)

  1. saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
    Synonyms: ایر (eyer), سرج (serc)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: zin

Further reading

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (zyn' /⁠zēn⁠/, saddle), originally meaning something to make ready or fitted, armament, harness, Old Armenian զէն (zēn).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zīn
Dari reading? zīn
Iranian reading? zin
Tajik reading? zin

Noun

Dari زین
Iranian Persian
Tajik зин

زین (zin)

  1. saddle

Descendants

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “²zēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 99
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زین”, 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 II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 172