چلنگر

Persian

Alternative forms

چیلانگر (čilângar), چلینگر (čelingar), جلانگر (jelângar)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (cyl’ngl /⁠čēlāngar⁠/). Equivalent to (čilân, “iron chain, lock, ring”) +‎ (gar, “-er”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.lin.ˈɡaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.lɪŋ.ɡǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.lɪŋ.ɡǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.liŋ.ɡǽɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰe.leɲ.ɡʲǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.liŋ.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čilingar
Dari reading^?	čilingar
Iranian reading^?	čelengar
Tajik reading^?	čilingar

Noun


Iranian Persian	چلنگر
Dari	چلنگر
Tajik	челонгар

چِلِنْگَر • (čelengar)

a locksmith
Synonyms: قُفْلْ‌ساز (qofl-sâz), کِلیدْساز (kelid-sâz)
(archaic, obsolete) a bladesmith

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: çilingər
→ Ottoman Turkish: چلنكر (çilingir), چلنكیر (çilingir)
- Turkish: çilingir
- →⇒ Armenian: Չիլինգարյան (Čʻilingaryan), Չիլինգարեան (Čʻilingarean) — traditional orthography, Չիլինկարյան (Čʻilinkaryan) — Western Armenian
  - → English: Chilingaryan, Chilingarian
  - ⇒ German: Tchibo
  - → Russian: Чилингаря́н (Čilingarján)
→ Uzbek: chilangar

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “چلنگر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press