زنجفر

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • سِنْجَفْر / سُنْجُفْر (sinjafr), زِنْجَرْف / زُنْجُرُف (zinjarf), سِنْجَرْف (sinjarf)

Etymology

Borrowed from the Middle Persian ancestor of Persian شنگرف (šangarf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zin.d͡ʒafr/, /zun.d͡ʒufr/

Noun

زِنْجَفْر or زُنْجُفْر • (zinjafr or zunjufr) m

  1. cinnabar
  2. vermilion

Declension

Declension of noun زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr)‎; زُنْجُفْر (zunjufr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal زِنْجَفْر‎; زُنْجُفْر
zinjafr‎; zunjufr 		الزِّنْجَفْر‎; الزُّنْجُفْر
az-zinjafr‎; az-zunjufr 		زِنْجَفْر‎; زُنْجُفْر
zinjafr‎; zunjufr
nominative زِنْجَفْرٌ‎; زُنْجُفْرٌ
zinjafrun‎; zunjufrun 		الزِّنْجَفْرُ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرُ
az-zinjafru‎; az-zunjufru 		زِنْجَفْرُ‎; زُنْجُفْرُ
zinjafru‎; zunjufru
accusative زِنْجَفْرًا‎; زُنْجُفْرًا
zinjafran‎; zunjufran 		الزِّنْجَفْرَ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرَ
az-zinjafra‎; az-zunjufra 		زِنْجَفْرَ‎; زُنْجُفْرَ
zinjafra‎; zunjufra
genitive زِنْجَفْرٍ‎; زُنْجُفْرٍ
zinjafrin‎; zunjufrin 		الزِّنْجَفْرِ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرِ
az-zinjafri‎; az-zunjufri 		زِنْجَفْرِ‎; زُنْجُفْرِ
zinjafri‎; zunjufri

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: zincəfr, zincəfirə
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زنجفر (zencefr), زنجفره (zencefre)
    • Turkish: zencefre, zincifre
    • → Armenian: զինճիֆր (zinčifr), զինճիֆրա (zinčifra)
  • → Old Armenian: զինջուփր (zinǰupʻr)
  • → Middle Armenian: զնճուֆր (znčufr), զինճֆր (zinčfr), զնճֆր (znčfr)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زنجفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257
  • Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “زنجفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1257.
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زنجفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 531

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • زنجفره (zencefre)

Etymology

From Arabic زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr).

Noun

زنجفر • (zencefr)

  1. cinnabar
  2. vermilion

Descendants

  • Turkish: zencefre, zincifre
  • → Armenian: զինճիֆր (zinčifr), զինճիֆրա (zinčifra)

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