زنجیر
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian زنجیر (zanjir).
Noun
زنجیر • (zincir)
- chain, fetter
Descendants
- Turkish: zincir, zencil
- → Albanian: zinxhir
- → Armenian: զնջիլ (znǰil), զնճիլ (znčil), ջինջիլ (ǰinǰil), ջնջիլ (ǰnǰil)
- → Aromanian: singir
- → Bulgarian: синджи́р (sindžír)
- → Egyptian Arabic: جنزير (ganzīr)
- → Georgian: ჯინჯილი (ǯinǯili) – Meskheti, Kiziqi
- → Laz: ზენჯილი (zencili)
- → Macedonian: синџир (sindžir)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: сѝнџӣр, сѝнжӣр
- Latin: sìndžīr, sìnžīr
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /zind͡ʒiːɾ/, /zand͡ʒiːɾ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /zɪnd͡ʒiːɾ/, /zand͡ʒiːɾ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /zend͡ʒiːɾ/, /zænd͡ʒiːɾ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /zind͡ʒiɾ/, /zand͡ʒiɾ/
Noun
زنجیر • (zanjir)
- chain
Derived terms
- زنجیر زدن (zanjir zadan)
- زنجیرزنی (zanjir-zani)
Descendants
- Tajik: занҷир (zanjir)
- → Azerbaijani: zəncir
- → Georgian: ჟინჟირი (žinžiri) – Ingilo
- → Bashkir: сынйыр (sınyır)
- → Central Kurdish: زنجیر (zincîr)
- → Georgian: ზანჯირე (zanǯire) – Fereydan
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: ज़ंजीर (zañjīr)
- Urdu: زنجیر (zanjīr)
- → Kalmyk: шинҗүр (shinjür)
- → Kazakh: шынжыр (şynjyr)
- → Kyrgyz: чынжыр (çınjır)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زنجیر (zincîr)
- Turkish: zincir, zencil
- → Albanian: zinxhir
- → Armenian: զնջիլ (znǰil), զնճիլ (znčil), ջինջիլ (ǰinǰil), ջնջիլ (ǰnǰil)
- → Aromanian: singir
- → Bulgarian: синджи́р (sindžír)
- → Egyptian Arabic: جنزير (ganzīr)
- → Georgian: ჯინჯილი (ǯinǯili) – Meskheti, Kiziqi
- → Laz: ზენჯილი (zencili)
- → Macedonian: синџир (sindžir)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: сѝнџӣр, сѝнжӣр
- Latin: sìndžīr, sìnžīr
- → Tatar: чылбыр (çılbır)
- → Turkmen: zynjyr
- → Uyghur: زەنجىر (zenjir)
- → Uzbek: zanjir
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian زنجیر (zanjir).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zən.d͡ʒiːɾ/
- Rhymes: -iːɾ
Noun
زَنْجِیر • (zanjīr) f (Hindi spelling ज़ंजीर)
- chain, shackle
Declension
| Declension of زنجیر | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | زنجیر (zanjīr) | زنجیریں (zanjīrẽ) |
| oblique | زنجیر (zanjīr) | زنجیروں (zanjīrõ) |
| vocative | زنجیر (zanjīr) | زنجیرو (zanjīro) |
References
- “زنجیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “زنجیر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.