ژدوار

See also: زدوار‎

Persian

ژدوار

Alternative forms

زدوار‎ (zadvâr), جدوار‎ (jadvâr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Northwestern Iranian, whence borrowing Sanskrit जडुवार (jaḍuvāra), जडुपार (jaḍupāra), जदुवार (jaduvāra),[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“resin, gum”).[2]

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʒadˈwɑːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʒædˈvɒːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ʒadˈvɔɾ/

Noun

ژدوار • (žadvâr)

zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria)

Descendants

→ Arabic: جَدْوَار‎ (jadwār), زَدْوَار‎ (zadwār)
- → Byzantine Greek: τζεστουάρια (tzestouária), τζηντουάρ (tzēntouár), ζουδάρα (zoudára), ζαδόαρ (zadóar)
- → Medieval Latin: zedoārium (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Armenian: ճատվար (čatvar)
- → Persian: جدوار‎ (jadvâr)
- → Ottoman Turkish: جدوار‎ (cedvar), زدوار‎ (zidvar)
  - Turkish: cedvar

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “jaduvāra-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 206
Edelʹman, D. I. (2011), “*ǰatu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 144-145

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