Pêvek:Etîmolojiya peyvên zazakî/Z

• zama, zuma: from PIE base *gem(e)- "to marry."

Cognates: cf. Avestan zamatar, Old Persian damatar "groom;" Sanskrit jamih "brother, sister," jama daughter-in-law;" Greek gamos, gambros "son-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law;" Latin gener "son-in-law."

English Cognate: gamete (from Greek), polygamy (from Greek), bigamy (from Greek)

Source: Etymonline, Nişanyan

• zan, zun: from PIE base *gno- "know."

Cognates: cf. Avestan zan-, Old Persian dan "to know;" Russian znat "to know;" Latin gnoscere; Greek *gno-, as in gignoskein; Sanskrit jna- "know."

English Cognate: know, gnostic (from Greek), agnostic (from Greek)

Source: Etymonline, Cheung p. 466

• zonî: from PIE base *g(e)neu- "knee."

Cognates: cf. Avestan znum, Sanskrit janu, Hittite genu "knee;" Greek gony "knee," gonia "corner, angle;" Latin genu "knee."

English Cognate: knee, kneel, -gon (from Greek as in heptagon, pentagon, polygon etc.)

• zer: from PIE base *g^hel- "yellow, green."

Cognates: cf. Avestan zaranya-, Old Persian daraniya-, Sanskrit hiranyam, Russian zoloto, Old Frisian, Old High German gold, German gold, Middle Dutch gout, Dutch goud, Old Norse gull, Danish guld, Gothic gulþ "gold."

English Cognate: gold

Source: Etymonline

• zerd: from PIE base *g^hel- "yellow, green."

Cognates: Avestan zari "yellow," Sanskrit harih "yellow, tawny yellow;" Latin helvus "yellowish, bay," Gallo-Latin gilvus "light bay;" Lithuanian geltonas "yellow;" Polish zolty, Russian zeltyj "yellow;" Old English geolu, geolwe, Middle English yellow, German gelb "yellow" and "green" (cf. Latin galbus "greenish-yellow;" Greek khloros "greenish-yellow color," kholos "bile;" Lithuanian zalias "green," zelvas "greenish;" Polish zielony, Russian zelenyj "green;" Old Irish glass, Welsh, Breton glas "green," also "grey, blue.")

English Cognate: yellow, Chloe (from Greek), chlorine (from Greek), Cloris (from Latin), cholera (from Greek),

Source: Etymonline

• zerr: from PIE base *kerd- "heart."

Cognates: cf. Avestan zeredā, Sanskrit hṛdaya, Greek kardia, Latin cor, Old Irish cride, Welsh craidd, Hittite kir, Lithuanian širdis, Armenian sird, Russian serdce "heart," Breton kreiz "middle," Old Norse hjarta, Dutch hart, Old High German herza, German herz, Gothic hairto "heart."

English Cognate: heart, cordial (from Middle French), core (from Old French), record (from Old French), concord (from Old French), accord (from Old French), discord (from Old French), cardiac (from French), courage (from Latin)

Source: Etymonline

• zimistan: from PIE base *g^heim- "snow, winter;" and *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm."

Cognates: cf. Avestan zimo, Sanskrit hemanta, Latin hiems, Greek kheima, Gaulish zima, Russian zima, Polish zima, Lithuanian žiema, Latvian ziemas, Old Prussian semo, Armenian dzmeṙ, Albanian dimër/dimën, Persian zemestān, Hittite gima, Old Norse gói "winter."

English Cognate: hibernation (from Latin), Himalaya (from Sanskrit)

Source: Etymonline

• ziwan, zun: from PIE base *dng^hwa- "language, tongue."

Cognates: cf. Avestan hizū-, Sanskrit jihvā, Latin lingua "tongue, speech, language;" from Old Latin dingua; Old Irish tenge, Welsh tafod, Lithuanian liezuvis, Old Norse tunga, Old Frisian tunge, Middle Dutch tonghe, Dutch tong, Old High German zunga, German zunge, Gothic tuggo "tongue."

English Cognate: tongue, tang, language (from Latin), lingual (from Latin), lingo (from Latin)

Source: Etymonline

Çavkanî

• Cheung, Johnny. Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb. Boston: Brill. 2007.
• Etymonline. Online English Etymology Dictionary. <etymonline.com> by Douglas Harper.
• Fortson, Benjamin W. Indo-European Language and Culture. Blackwell Publishing. 2004.
• Nisanyan, Sevan. Etymological Dictionary of Modern Turkish. Adam Y. Istanbul 2007.
• Watkins, Calvert. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. Second Ed. Houghton Publishing. USA 2007.