زغال
Persian
Alternative forms
- زگال (zogâl), ژگال (žogâl), ذغال (zoğâl), سکار (sekâr), سگار (segâr), زکار (zekâr), زکال (zakâl)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ar-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Compare Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), Irish gual (“coal”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /zuɣɑːl/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /zʊɣɒːl/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /zoɢɒːl/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /zuɣɔːl/
Noun
| Dari | زغال |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | зуғол (zuġol) |
زغال • (zoğâl) (plural زغالها (zoğâl-hâ))
- coal
- charcoal
- (literary or poetic) black, dark
- dogwood, cornel
- Synonym: قرانیا (qarâniyâ)
Derived terms
- زغالسنگ (zoğâl-sang)
- زغال اخته (zoğâl axte)
Descendants
- → Arabic: زُوقَال (zūqāl)
- → Azerbaijani: zoğal
- → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܘܓܠ f (zoġal)
- → Northern Kurdish: zuẍal
- → Middle Armenian: զողալ (zołal), զղալ (złal)
- Armenian: զողալ (zołal), զուղալ (zułal)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زغال (zuğal)
- Turkish: zağal;zanğal, zaval;zavrak;zoğal;zonğal;zoval;zuğal;zuhal;zuval
- → Udi: зокъал (zoq̇al)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զողալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 104a
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 104
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “زغال”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul