zəngin

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian (sangin, “heavy”), possibly via Ottoman Turkish زنگین (zengin). /s/ → /z/ has been a frequent sound shift in specific dialects descending from Old Anatolian Turkish, often obfuscated by conservative Arabic-script spellings. Compare Azerbaijani ziyil (cf. Turkish siğil), zopa (cf. Turkish sopa), and zindan (“anvil”) which also underwent this irregular initial voicing. Doublet of səngin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [zæŋˈɡin], [zænˈd͡ʒin]
Hyphenation: zən‧gin

Adjective

zəngin (comparative daha zəngin, superlative ən zəngin)

rich, wealthy (having a lot of money and possessions)
Synonym: varlı
rich (plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling)

Further reading

Dmitrijev, Nikolai Konstantinovich (1933) “Gagausische Lautlehre III”, in Archiv Orientální (in German), volume 5, § 53, page 112

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