زین

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See also: رين, زين, رین, and ر ي ن

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian زین (zin, saddle), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (zyn' /⁠zēn⁠/, saddle).

Noun

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زین (zin)

  1. saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
    Synonyms: ایر (eyer), سرج (serc)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: zin

Further reading

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (zyn' /⁠zēn⁠/, saddle), originally meaning something to make ready or fitted, armament, harness, Old Armenian զէն (zēn).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? zīn
Dari reading? zīn
Iranian reading? zin
Tajik reading? zin

Noun

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Dari زین
Iranian Persian
Tajik зин

زین (zin)

  1. saddle

Descendants

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References

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  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “²zēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 99
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زین”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[6] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 172