Bibliotheca Polyglotta

▪ Rolland2014a: zinǧār ~ ǧinzār ‘verdigris’, and zinǧafr ~ zunǧufr ‘minium, cinnabar’: from oPers sinkadruš ‘cinnabar, mercuric sulphide, vermillion’ (Nourai)
▪ Lokotsch1927#1827, DRS 8 (1999)#ZNGPR: From Pers šangarf ‘verdigris, minium, cinnabar’.
▪ NişanyanSözlük_01Dec2014: Ar zanǧafr, Pers zenǧefre, from zngūprā ~ sūngprā , from a Phoen source.

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▪ Tu zincifre: 1303 Codex Cumanicus: cenapio = Pers singft = Tr zingft; <1421? Yādigâr-ı İbn-i Şerīf: zincifre – NişanyanSözlük_01Dec2014.
▪ Engl cinnabar: mC15, »‘red or crystalline form of mercuric sulphide’, also applied to other ores of mercury, originally with reference to its use as a pigment; from oFr cinabre (C13), from lLat cinnābaris, from Grk kinnábari, of oriental origin (compare Pers zinǧafr, zenǧefreh in the same sense). Also used C14-C17 of red resinous juice of a certain Eastern tree, which was believed to be a mixture of dragon’s and elephant’s blood« – EtymOnline.
▪ Lokotsch1927#1827: Pers šangarf > Ar zinǧafr ~ zunǧufr , Tu zincifre > Grk tiggábari, kinnábari, Lat cinnābaris > It cinabro, Fr cinabre, Span Port cinabrio, Rum chinovar; Engl cinnabar, Ge Zinnober, Swed cinnober; Ru kinowar, Pol cynober, Cz cinobr, Serb cinober, Bulg kinowar.

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