پرگار

See also: پرکار‎

Persian

Alternative forms

پرگال‎ (pargâl)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (prγrs’y /parγarsē/, “round, oval”), Sanskrit प्रकार (prakāra, “sort, kind, form, nature, way, mode, manner”). The first element is from Proto-Iranian *pari- (“around”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, front”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /paɾɡɑːɾ/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /paɾɡɒːɾ/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /pæɾɡɒːɾ/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /paɾɡɔːɾ/

Noun

پرگار • (pargâr) (plural پرگارها‎ (pargâr-hâ))

pair of compasses

Derived terms

هفت‌پرگار‎ (haft-pargâr)

Descendants

→ Arabic: بِرْكَار‎ (birkār), فِرْجَار‎ (firjār), بِرْجَار‎ (birjār), بَرْجَل‎ (barjal), بِيكَار‎ (bīkār)
→ Azerbaijani: pərgar
→ Georgian: ფარგალი (pargali)
→ Middle Armenian: փարկալ (pʿarkal), փալկալ (pʿalkal)
- Armenian: փարգալ (pʿargal)
→ Ottoman Turkish: پرگار‎ (perger), پرگال‎ (pergel)
- Turkish: pergel
- → Armenian: փերգել (pʿergel), փերկել (pʿerkel)
- → Bulgarian: пергел (pergel)
- → Romanian: perghel

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پرگار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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