شنگار

Persian

Alternative forms

شنگال‎ (šangâl, šengâl)

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܫܢܓܪܐ‎ (šengarā), ܫܢܓܗ‎ (šengah, “idem”), Old Armenian սնգոյր (sngoyr), Georgian სინგური (singuri), names of red colours; maybe the same word as treated under Arabic زَرْقُون‎ (zarqūn) and إِسْرِنْج‎ (ʔisrinj), with metathesis.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃanˈɡɑːɾ/, /ʃinˈɡɑːɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃanˈɡɑːɾ/, /ʃɪnˈɡɑːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃænˈɡɒːɾ/, /ʃenˈɡɒːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ʃanˈɡɔɾ/, /ʃinˈɡɔɾ/

Noun

شنگار • (šangâr, šengâr)

bugloss (Anchusa, Alkanna spp.)

Descendants

→ Arabic: شَنْجَار‎ (šanjār), شِنْجَار‎ (šinjār)
- → Persian: شنجار‎ (šanjâr, šenjâr)

References

Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “شنگار”, 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 2, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 471a

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