زرگر
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (zlykl /zarr(ī)gar/, “goldsmith”). By surface analysis, زر (zarr, “gold”) + ـگر (-gar, “-er”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zaɾ.ˈɡaɾ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zäɾ.ɡǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zäɾ.ɡǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zäɾ.ɡǽɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæɹ.ɡʲǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäɾ.ɡǽɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zargar |
| Dari reading? | zargar |
| Iranian reading? | zargar |
| Tajik reading? | zargar |
Noun
| Dari | زرگر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | заргар |
زرگر • (zargar) (plural زرگرها (zargar-hâ) or زرگران (zargarân))
- goldsmith
- Synonyms: طلاساز (talâsâz), زرساز (zarsâz)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], 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.
- nabz just u rōy surx u zard šud
Derived terms
- جنگ زرگری (jang-e zargari)
- زرگری (zargari)
Descendants
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
- PAHLAVICA - "zlykl".
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