برزگر

Persian

Alternative forms

برزیگر (barzigar), برزکار (barzkâr), برزه‌گر (barze-gar), ورزکار (varzkâr), ورزگار (varzgâr), ورزیگر (varzigar), ورزگر (varzgar), بزرکار (bazrkâr), بزرگر (bazrgar), بذرگر (bazrgar)

Etymology

From Middle Persian wlcykl (/⁠warzīgar⁠/, “peasant”). By surface analysis, (“sown field; seed; agriculture”) +‎ (“-er”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baɾz.ˈɡaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹz.ɡʲǽɹ], [bæɹ.ze.ɡʲǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	barzgar
Dari reading^?	barzgar
Iranian reading^?	barzgar, barzegar
Tajik reading^?	barzgar

Noun


Iranian Persian	برزگر
Dari	برزگر
Tajik	барзгар

بَرْزْگَر or بَرْزِگَر • (barzgar or barzegar) (plural برزگران (barzgarân), or برزگرها (barzgar-hâ))

farmer
Synonyms: کشاورز (kešâvarz), دهقان (dehqân), زارع (zâre')

Derived terms

برزگری (barzegari, “farming”)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “برزگر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “warzīgar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 88