درزی

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian درزی‎ (darzi).

Noun

درزی • (derzi)

1. Alternative form of ترزی‎

Etymology

From Middle Persian dlcyk' (darzīg, “tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *darz- (“to attach, fasten; to load; to sew”).

Also from Iranian: Old Armenian դերձակ (derjak), post-classical դերձիկ (derjik), դերզիկ (derzik), Classical Syriac ܕܪܙܝܩܐ‎ (darzīqā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæɾˈziː/

Noun

درزی • (darzi) (plural درزی‌ها‎ (darzi-hâ))

1. tailor, seamster

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “درزی+darzī”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985), “درزی”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դերձակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 656–657
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 62ff