شنگار

Persian

Alternative forms

• شنگال (šangâl, šengâl)

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܫܢܓܪܐ (šengarā), ܫܢܓܗ (šengah, “idem”), Old Armenian սնգոյր (sngoyr), Georgian სინგური (singuri), names of red colours; maybe the same word as treated under Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn) and إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj), with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃan.ˈɡɑːɾ], [ʃin.ˈɡɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ], [ʃɪŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ], [ʃɪŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ], [ʃɪŋ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäŋ.ɡɔ́ːɾ], [ʃiŋ.ɡɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæŋ.ɡɒ́ːɹ], [ʃeŋ.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäŋ.ɡɔ́ɾ], [ʃiŋ.ɡɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šangār, šingār
Dari reading?	šangār, šingār
Iranian reading?	šangâr, šengâr
Tajik reading?	šangor, šingor

Noun

شنگار • (šangâr, šengâr)

1. bugloss (Anchusa, Alkanna spp.)

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَنْجَار (šanjār), شِنْجَار (šinjār)
  • → Persian: شنجار (šanjâr, šenjâr)

References

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “شنگار”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 471a