پرگار

See also: پرکار

Persian

Alternative forms

• پرگال (pargâl)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-Iranian. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रकार (prakāra, “sort, kind, form, nature, way, mode, manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæɾɡɒːɾ/

Noun

پرگار • (pargâr) (plural پرگارها (pargâr-hâ))

1. pair of compasses

Derived terms

• هفت‌پرگار (haft-pargâr)

Descendants

• Arabic: فرجار (firjār), بركار (birkār), برجل (barjal)
• Georgian: ფარგალი (pargali)
• Ottoman Turkish: پرگار (pergâr), پرگال (pergâl)
  • Bulgarian: пергел (pergel)
  • Turkish: pergel

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پرگار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press