زرگر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zlykl /zarr(ī)gar/, “goldsmith”). Also analyzable in Persian as ‎ (zarr, “gold”) +‎ ‎ (-gar, “doer”).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /zaɾˈɡaɾ/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /zaɾˈɡaɾ/

Noun

زرگر • (zargar) (plural زرگرها‎ (zargar-hâ) or زرگران‎ (zargarân))

goldsmith

Synonyms

طلاساز‎ (talâsâz)
زرساز‎ (zarsâz)

Derived terms

زرگری‎ (zargari)
جنگ زرگری‎ (jang-e zargari)
زرگری‎ (zargari)

Related terms

زر‎ (zar)
ـگر‎ (-gar)

Descendants

→ Armenian: զարգար (zargar)
→ Azerbaijani: zərgər
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ज़रगर (zargar)

Urdu: زرگر‎ (zargar)
→ Kazakh: зергер (zerger)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “زرگر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “zarr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
PAHLAVICA - "zlykl".

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