زانو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زانو (zânu, “knee”), from Proto-Iranian *jā́nu.

Noun

زانو • (zanu) (definite accusative زانویی (zanuyu), plural زانولر (zanular))

  1. knee, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank
    Synonyms: دیز (diz), ركبه (rükbe)

Derived terms

  • زانو بزانو (zanu-be-zanu, “knee-to-knee”)
  • زانو بزمین (zanu-be-zemin, “bent on his knees”)
  • زانو بند (zanu bend, “garter”)
  • زانوزده (zanu-zede, “who has bent the knee in reverence”)
  • زانوزن (zanu-zen, “who bends his knees in reverence”)
  • سر بزانو (ser-be-zanu, “in thought or sorrow”, literally “whose head is on his knees”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zanu

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jā́nu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́nu, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Mazanderani زندی (zendi),[1] Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu), Latin genū, English knee.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zānū
Dari reading? zānū
Iranian reading? zânu
Tajik reading? zonu

Noun

زانو • (zānū / zânu) (plural زانوها (zānū-hā / zânu-hâ), Tajik spelling зону)

  1. (anatomy) knee

References

  1. ^ Talebi, Ali (2012) مشتی از مرواریدهای فراموش‌شده‌ی مازندران (فرهنگ واژگانی) [A Handful of the Forgotten Pearls of Mazandaran (Dictionary)]‎[1], Amol, page 39

Further reading

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