زره

See also: رژه

Ottoman Turkish

زره

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical PersianCategory:Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Classical Persian#زرهCategory:Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Classical Persian#زره زره (zirih).

Pronunciation

Noun

زره • (zırıh, zırh)Category:Ottoman Turkish lemmas#زرهCategory:Ottoman Turkish nouns#زرهCategory:Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header#زرهCategory:Pages with entries#زرهCategory:Pages with 2 entries#زره

  1. armour
    Synonym: جبه (cebe)
    • 1894, “اختراعات و كسفیات [ihtira'at ve keşfiyyat, inventions and discoveries]”, in Nevsal-i Servet-i Fünun, page 28:
      آمریقا ماكنه مهندسلرندن بری شیقاغو سركیسنده تشهیر ایتمك اوزره بر ماكنه‌لی آدم ایجاد ایتمشدر. بو آدم اسكی اصولده شوالیه‌لر كبی معدنی زره كینمشدر.
      amerika makina mühendislerinden biri şikago sergisinde teşhir etmek üzere bir makinalı adam icat etmiştir. bu adam eski usulda şövalyeler gibi madeni zırh giyinmiştir.
      One of America's mechanical engineers invented a mechanical man to display at the Chicago Exposition. This man wore metal armor like old-fashioned knights.
      Category:Ottoman Turkish terms with quotations#زره
  2. coat of mail

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Category:ota:Armor#زره

Persian

the زره (zirih "armor, coat of chainmail") of Shah Solayman I, c. 1680, Isfahan

Etymology

From Middle PersianCategory:Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian#زرهCategory:Persian terms derived from Middle Persian#زره [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms#زره (zlyh /⁠zrēy, zrēh⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#زرهCategory:Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#زره *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound, to ring”).

Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀- (zrāδa-, “chainmail, linkings to armor”). Iranian borrowings include: Arabic زَرَد (zarad), Old Armenian զրահ (zrah), Old Georgian ზარადი (zaradi), Classical Syriac ܙܪܕܐ (zardā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זַרְדָּא (zardā).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zirih
Dari reading? zireh
Iranian reading? zereh
Tajik reading? zireh
Dari زره
Iranian Persian
Tajik зиреҳ

Noun

زره • (zereh) (plural زره‌ها)Category:Persian lemmas#زرهCategory:Persian nouns#زرهCategory:Persian entries with incorrect language header#زرهCategory:Pages with entries#زرهCategory:Pages with 2 entries#زره

  1. armour
  2. coat of mail

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “زره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979), “զրահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “zrēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Category:fa:Armor#زره
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