زین

See also: رين, زين, رین, and ر ي ن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زین (zin, saddle), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (zyn' /⁠zēn⁠/, saddle).

Noun

زین • (zin)

  1. saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
    Synonyms: ایر (eyer), سرج (serc)

Derived terms

  • زین افزار (zin efzar, saddle-gear)
  • زینساز (zinsaz, saddler)
  • زینكوهه (zinkühe, cantle of a saddle)
  • زینپوش (zinpuş, saddle-cloth)
  • زینگر (zinger, saddler)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zin

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (zyn' /⁠zēn⁠/, saddle), originally meaning something to make ready or fitted, armament, harness, Old Armenian զէն (zēn).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zīn
Dari reading? zīn
Iranian reading? zin
Tajik reading? zin

Noun

Dari زین
Iranian Persian
Tajik зин

زین • (zin)

  1. saddle

Descendants

  • Assamese: জিন (zin)
  • Middle Bengali: জীন (jin)
  • Gujarati: જીન (jīn)
  • Old Hindi: जीन (jīna)
  • Indonesian: jin
  • Kannada: ಜೀನು (jīnu)
  • Maithili: jīn
    Devanagari script: जीन
    Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒲𑒢
  • Malayalam: ജീനി (jīni)
  • Marathi: जीन (jīn)
  • Marwari:
    Devanagari script: जीण (jīṇ)
    Mahajani script: 𑅛𑅑𑅢 (jiṇ)
  • Odia: ଜିନ (jinô)
  • Ottoman Turkish: زین (zin)
  • Old Punjabi: ਜੀਨੁ (jīnu)
    • Punjabi: zīn
      Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ੀਨ
      Shahmukhi script: زِین
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: زيِنَ
    Devanagari script: ज़ीन
    Khudawadi script: 𑋂𑋩𑋢𑋑 (zīna)
  • Tamil: சேணம் (cēṇam)

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “²zēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 99
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زین”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 172
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