نقره

نقره

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نُقْرَة‎ (nuqra).From Sogdian [script needed] (n'krtk-w /nākarta/).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /nuqɾa/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /nʊqɾa/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /noɢɾe/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /nuqɾa/

Noun

Dari	نقره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нуқра (nuqra)

نُقره • (noqre)

1. silver (metal)

   Synonym: (literary) سیم‎ (sim)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 178:

     ‏زر و نقره گر نبودندی نهان / پرورش کی یافتندی زیر کان‌‎

     zar o noqre gar na-budandi nehân / parvareš key yâftandi zir-e kân

     If gold and silver were not hidden, how would they get nourishment [grow and ripen] in the mine?

Derived terms

• نقره‌ای‎ (noqrei)

See also

• برنز‎ (boronz, “bronze”)
• طلا‎ (talâ, “gold”)

 

References

• ↑ Gharib, B. (1995), “n'krtk-(w)”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 231