زنگی

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Persian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle Persian zngyk' (zangīg, Negro).

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Readings
Classical reading? zangī
Dari reading? zangī
Iranian reading? zangi
Tajik reading? zangī

Noun[edit]

Dari زنگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik зангӣ

زنگی (zangi) (plural زنگی‌ها (zangi-hâ))

  1. dark-skinned, Negro
  2. (archaic) black
  3. (archaic) rusty

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنگی (zangī).

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Noun[edit]

زَن٘گی (zaṅgīm (Hindi spelling ज़ंगी)

  1. dark-skinned, Negro
  2. a person from Zanzibar

References[edit]

  • زنگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • زنگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.