زنگار

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zan.ˈɡɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæŋ.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäŋ.ɡɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zangār
Dari reading?	zangār
Iranian reading?	zangâr
Tajik reading?	zangor

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Etymology 1

From زنگ (zang, “rust”) +‎ ـار (-âr). Cognate to Kurdish ژەنگار (jengar, “dark green”) and compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ժանգառ (žangaṙ), Georgian ჟანგარო (žangaro), Classical Syriac ܙܢܓܪܐ (zangārā), ܙܘܢܓܪܐ (/⁠zwngrʾ⁠/), Arabic زِنْجَار (zinjār).

Alternative forms

• ژنگار (žangâr), جنگار (jangâr)

Noun

زنگار • (zangâr)

1. verdigris, rust

Descendants

• Tajik: зангор (zangor)
  • → Uzbek: zangor
• → Azerbaijani: zəngar
• → Bashkir: зәңгәр (zəñgər)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زنگار (zengâr)
• → Tatar: зәңгәр (zäñgär)
• → Uyghur: زەڭگەر (zengger)

Etymology 2

Compare زانو (“knee”), Ossetian зӕнгой (zængoj, “legging”).

Noun

زنگار • (zangâr)

1. (rare or obsolete) legging, gaiter, bootleg

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: zəngəl
• Lezgi: зангал (zangal)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 226ab
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 625