نقره

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نُقْرَة‎ (nuqra). From Sogdian [script needed] (n'krtk-w /nākarta/).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari): IPA^(key): /nʊqɾa/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /noɢɾe/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /nuqɾa/

Noun

Iranian Persian	نقره
Dari	نقره
Tajik	нуқра (nuqra)

نُقره • (noqre)

silver (metal)
Synonym: (literary) سیم‎ (sim)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 178:
  ‏زر و نقره گر نبودندی نهان / پرورش کی یافتندی زیر کان‌‎
  zar o noqre gar na-budandi nehân / parvareš key yâftandi zir-e kân
  If gold and silver were not hidden, how would they get nourishment [grow and ripen] in the mine?

Derived terms

نقره‌ای‎ (noqre-y)

See also

برنز‎ (boronz, “bronze”)
طلا‎ (talâ, “gold”)

References

• ↑ Gharib, B. (1995), “n'krtk-(w)”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 231

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