زنگی

See also: رنگی

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian zngyk' (zangīg, “Negro”).

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• زنگبار (zangebâr)

Related terms

• زنگ (zang)

Descendants

• Arabic: زنجي (zanjī, zinjī)
  • Ottoman Turkish: زنجی (zenci)
    • Turkish: zenci
• Georgian: ზანგი (zangi)
• Hindustani:
  • Urdu: زنگی (zangī)
• Ottoman Turkish: زنگی (zengi)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زنگی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zangīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press