زندان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
زندان • (zından, zindan)
Descendants
- Turkish: zindan
- → Albanian: zindan
- → Aromanian: zindane, zindáne, zundáne, zãndáne
- → Bulgarian: занда́н (zandán)
- → Macedonian: зандана (zandana)
- → Romanian: zandan, zandán
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (zyndʾn' /zēndān/, “prison”). Ultimate origin uncertain. Perhaps originally "arsenal, armoury", from [Book Pahlavi needed] (zyn' /zēn/, “weapon, armour”) and [script needed] (-dʾn' /-dān/, “holder, container”).
Compare Old Armenian զնդան (zndan), Classical Syriac ܙܢܕܢܝܩ (zendānīq), Iranian borrowings.
Pronunciation
Noun
Dari | زندان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | зиндон |
زندان • (zendân)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: zindan
- → Middle Armenian: զնտան (zntan)
- → Northern Kurdish: zindan, zîndan
- → Ossetian: зындон (zyndon), зиндонӕ (zindonæ), дзиндонӕ (ʒindonæ)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زندان (zından, zindan)
- → Uyghur: زىندان (zindan)
Further reading
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 151
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 671, page 149