زرشک
See also: زرشك
Persian
زرشک - Berberis lycium
Alternative forms
- سرشک (serešk)
Etymology
Related to Northern Kurdish zerêşk, zirêşk, zirîşk, Gilaki [script needed] (zərəšk); Persian زریک (zirīk), زرک (zirik), زرنگ (zarang), زراج (zarāj), زراک (zarāk); Yidgha [script needed] (azīto); Khotanese ysālva; all meaning "barberry" and ultimately deriving from the word for "yellow": compare Persian زر (zar, “gold”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ziɾiʃk/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /zɪɾɪʃk/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /zeɾeʃk/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ziɾiʃk/
Noun
زرشک • (zerešk)
- barberry
- زرشک پلو ― zerešk polow ― barberry rice
- زرشک پلو با مرغ ― zerešk polow bâ morq ― barberry rice with chicken
- Synonyms: انبر باریس (anbar bâris), انبرباریس (anbarbâris), امبر باریس (ambar bâris), امبرباریس (ambarbâris), زارج (zârej), زارچ (zâreč)
Related terms
- زرشکی (zereški)
Descendants
- → Arabic: زِرِشْك (zirišk)
- → Azerbaijani: zirişk
- → Classical Syriac: ܙܪܫܩ (zršq), ܣܪܫܩ (sršq)
- → Georgian: ზირიშკი (zirišḳi), ზერეშკი (zerešḳi), ზერეშქი (zereški), ზერენგი (zerengi) (Fereydan)
- → Middle Armenian: զրիշկ (zrišk)
- Armenian: զրիշկ (zrišk), զիրիշք (ziriškʿ)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زرشك (zirişk)
- → Punjabi: زِرِشْک (ziriśk)
- → Urdu: زرشک (ziriśk)
Interjection
زرشک • (zerešk)
- (slang) nonsense!
Further reading
- Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 526
- Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 350a
- Bläsing, Uwe (2019), “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 31–32
- Karimi, Hadi (1995) Plants of Iran : Scientific, English and Persian names, Tehran: Iran University Press, § 456f
- Morgenstierne, Georg (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Yidgha-Munji, Sanglechi-Ishkashmi and Wakhi) (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., page 196a
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian زرشک.
Noun
زِرِشْک • (ziriśk) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜ਼ਿਰਿਮ਼ਕ)
- barberry
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “زِرِشک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian زرشک
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɪ.ɾɪʃk/
Noun
زِرِشْک • (ziriśk) m (Hindi spelling ज़िरिश्क)
- barberry
Further reading
- “زرشک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “زرشک”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.