زنگ
Persian
Etymology 1
Cognate with Central Kurdish ژەنگ (žang), Northern Kurdish jeng (žang), Baluchi [script needed] (zang) and with the following Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ժանգ (žang), Georgian ჟანგი (žangi), ჯანგი (ǯangi), Laz მჟანგი (mjangi), ჯანგი (cangi), Bats ჟანგ (žang), Udi жӏанг (ž:ang), Chagatai زنگ (zang), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic [script needed] (ǰäng).
Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (“lump”) and cognate with Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros, “tubercular disease in olive-trees”).[1] For the sense development compare the meanings "cancer", "disease of plants" found in some of the cognates.
Alternative forms
- ژنگ (žang)
Noun
زنگ • (zang)
Related terms
References
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 883
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 225–226
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 156
Etymology 2
Cognate with Central Kurdish زەنگ (zeng). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian զանգակ (zangak), Classical Syriac ܙܓܐ (zaggā), ܙܢܓܐ (zangā).
Noun
زنگ • (zang)
Descendants
Related terms
- زنگ زدن (zang zadan)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 79
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 149
Etymology 3
Proper noun
زنگ • (Zang)
Derived terms
- سیاه زنگی (siyâh-e zangi)
- رنگ زنگ (rang-e zang)
- زنگی (zangi)
- زنگبار (zangebâr)
- زنگستان (zangestân)
- یا رومی روم، یا زنگی زنگ (yâ rumi-ye rum, yâzangi-ye zang)
- نه رومی روم، نه زنگی زنگ (na rumi-ye rum, na zangi-ye zang)
Etymology 4
From Middle Persian [script needed] (zng /zang/, “ankle, shank”). Cognate with English shank.
Proper noun
زنگ • (Zang)