زره

See also: رژه

Ottoman Turkish

زره

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زره (zirih).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɯɾɯh/
• (late and vulgar) IPA^(key): /zɯɾh/

Noun

زره • (zırıh, zırh)

1. armour

   Synonym: جبه (cebe)

2. coat of mail

Descendants

• Turkish: zırh
• → Armenian: զըրխ (zərx), զըռխ (zəṙx)
• → Crimean Tatar: zırh

Persian

the زره (zirih "armor, coat of chainmail") of Shah Solayman I, c. 1680, Isfahan

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zlyh /⁠zrēy, zrēh⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound, to ring”).

Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀- (zrāδa-, “chainmail, linkings to armor”). Iranian borrowings include: Arabic زَرَد (zarad), Old Armenian զրահ (zrah), Old Georgian ზარადი (zaradi), Classical Syriac ܙܪܕܐ (zardā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זַרְדָּא (zardā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾih]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪ.ɾe̞ʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪ.ɾe̞ʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪ.ɾɪ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ze.ɹeʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾeʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zirih
Dari reading?	zireh
Iranian reading?	zereh
Tajik reading?	zireh

Dari	زره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зиреҳ

Noun

زره • (zere) (plural زره‌ها (zere-hâ))

1. armour
2. coat of mail

Derived terms

• زرهپوش (zerehpôš)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zireh
• → Hindustani:
  • Urdu: زره (zirih, zirah)
• → Malay: zirah
  • → Indonesian: zirah
• → Middle Armenian: զրեհ (zreh)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زره (zırıh, zırh)
  • Turkish: zırh
  • → Armenian: զըրխ (zərx), զըռխ (zəṙx)
  • → Crimean Tatar: zırh
• → Uzbek: zirh

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “զրահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zrēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press