زنگار

Persian

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)

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -âr

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”). [1]

Noun

زنگار • (zangâr)

  1. (rare or obsolete) legging, gaiter, bootleg
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: zəngəl
  • Lezgi: зангал (zangal)

References
  1. Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume VI, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 298

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)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 625
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