نقره
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic نُقْرَة (nuqra). From Sogdian [script needed] (n'krtk-w /nākarta/).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /nuq.ˈɾa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nʊq.ɾǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [noʁ.ɹé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nuq.ɾǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nuqra |
| Dari reading? | nuqra |
| Iranian reading? | noġre |
| Tajik reading? | nuqra |
Noun
| Dari | نقره |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нуқра |
نُقره • (noqre)
- silver (metal)
- Synonym: (literary) سیم (sim)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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 (noqre-i)
See also
References
• ↑ Gharib, B. (1995), “n'krtk-(w)”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 231