زرگر

زرگر

Persian

Etymology

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

1. 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

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