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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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ZNǦR زنجر 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ZNǦR 
“root” 
▪ ZNǦR_1 ‘verdigris’ ↗zinǧār . – Cf. also ↗zunǧufr ‘cinnabar’
▪ ZNǦR_2 ‘to flip, snap (with the fingers)’ ↗zanǧara
▪ ZNǦR_3 ‘chain’ ↗zinǧīr
 
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▪ DRS #ZNGR-1 Syr Mand zangārā ‘rouille’, Ar zinǧār ‘rouille, vert-de-gris’. -2 Ar zanǧara ‘claquer des doigts’, zinǧīr ‘chiquenaude’. -3 Te zəngərgər ‘bariolé’, Amh zänäggʷärä ‘être bariolé’, Gur zəngdärdär: vêtement multicolore. -4 Te zəngər ‘famille’. -5 Tña zängar ‘maigre, aux longues jambes’. -6 Amh zəngäro, ǧənǧäro, Arg ǧinǧäro, Gaf ǧənǧərä, Har zagäru, Gur zangärä ‘babouin’. -7 Gaf azänäggärä ‘descendre’. -8 nSyr zanǧil, Ar zinǧīr ‘chaîne’, Te ǧängär ‘entrave pour les pieds’, Tña ǧanǧär ‘chaîne de fer’, Amh zanǧär ‘cangue, carcan’. -9 nSyr zangūrē ‘sonner’. -10 Amh zängərir ‘vase en terre’, Tña zəngərir ‘bonbonne, cruche’.  
▪ ZNǦR_1 (≙ DRS #ZNGR-1): from Pers or the same source as the corresponding Pers word, cf. ↗zinǧār.
▪ ZNǦR_2 (≙ DRS #ZNGR-2): DRS reports the opinion of ClassAr lexicographers (as in Lane) that the word is a loan, but does not give further details.
▪ ZNǦR_3 (≙ DRS #ZNGR-8): from Pers, GNDR GNZR
▪ Metathetical variant: ↗ǦNZR. 
▪ –. But cf. ↗zunǧufr. 
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zanǧara زَنْجَرَ 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ZNǦR 
vb., I 
to flip, snap (with the fingers) ‒ WehrCowan1979. 
▪ DRS reports the opinion of ClassAr lexicographers (as in Lane) that the word is a loan, but does not give further details.
 
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▪ DRS #ZNGR-2 Ar zanǧara ‘claquer des doigts’, zinǧīr ‘chiquenaude’. 
See section CONC, above. 
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zinǧār زِنْجار 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ZNǦR 
n. 
verdigris ‒ WehrCowan1979. 
▪ Rolland2014a: zinǧār ~ ǧinzār ‘verdigris’, and zinǧafr ~ zunǧufr ‘cinnabar’, from oPers sinkadruš ‘cinnabar, mercuric sulphide’. 
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▪ DRS #ZNGR-1 Syr Mand zangārā ‘rouille’, Ar zinǧār ‘rouille, vert-de-gris’. 
See section CONC, above. 
▪ –. But cf. ↗zunǧufr. 
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zinǧīr زِنْجير , pl. zanāǧīr 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ZNǦR 
n. 
chain ‒ WehrCowan1979. 
▪ Rolland2014a: zinǧīr ~ ǧinzīr ‘chaine’, from mPers zenčīr ‘id.’ 
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▪ DRS #ZNGR-8 nSyr zanǧil, Ar zinǧīr ‘chaîne’, Te ǧängär ‘entrave pour les pieds’, Tña ǧanǧär ‘chaîne de fer’, Amh zanǧär ‘cangue, carcan’. 
See section CONC, above. 
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► ḥisāb al-zinǧīr, n., double-entry bookkeeping 
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