zəngin
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Persian سنگین (sangin, “heavy”), possibly via Ottoman Turkish زنگین (zengin). /s/ → /z/ has been a frequent sound shift in specific dialects descending from Old Anatolian Turkish, often obfuscated by conservative Arabic-script spellings. Compare Azerbaijani ziyil (cf. Turkish siğil), zopa (cf. Turkish sopa), and zindan (“anvil”) which also underwent this irregular initial voicing.Doublet of səngin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zæŋˈɡin], [zænˈd͡ʒin]
- Hyphenation: zən‧gin
Adjective
zəngin (comparative daha zəngin, superlative ən zəngin)
- rich, wealthy (having a lot of money and possessions)
- Synonym: varlı
- rich (plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling)
Further reading
- Dmitrijev, Nikolai Konstantinovich (1933), “Gagausische Lautlehre III”, in Archiv Orientální (in German), volume 5, § 53, page 112