زنگ

See also: زنك‎ and رنگ‎

Persian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Central Kurdish ژه‌نگ‎ (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 (mžangi), ჯანგი (ǯangi), 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)

  1. rust
  • زنگار‎ (zangâr)
  • زنگی‎ (zangi)

References

  1. ↑ 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

Etymology 2

Compare Old Armenian զանգ (zang), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

زنگ • (zang)

  1. bell
  2. ring (onomatopoeia)
  3. buzz (onomatopoeia)

Etymology 3

Proper noun

زنگ • (Zang)

  1. (archaic) Zanzibar
Derived terms
  • 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, yâzangi-na zang)
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