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Zargari

Zargari proper noun: a secret language and sociolect based on Persian used by goldsmiths and some minorities of Iran, including Persian Jews.

Proper noun (1)

Zargari

  1. a secret language and sociolect based on Persian used by goldsmiths and some minorities of Iran, including Persian Jews
    Synonyms:
    Morghuli

Proper noun (2)

Zargari

  1. a Balkan Romani dialect spoken primarily in the Zargar region of the Qazvin province of Iran
  2. A speaker of the Zargari language

Synonyms of Zargari

  • Morghuli

Origin of Zargari

From Persian زرگری (zargari, literally “of or pertaining to goldsmiths”), compound of زرگر (zargar, “goldsmith”) + ـی (-i).

From Persian زرگری (zargari, literally “of or pertaining to Zargar”), compound of زرگر (zargar) + ـی (-i).

Questions about Zargari

What does Zargari mean?
Zargari means a secret language and sociolect based on Persian used by goldsmiths and some minorities of Iran, including Persian Jews.
What part of speech is Zargari?
Zargari is a proper noun.

Words near Zargari in the dictionary

  1. Zaretsky
  2. Zaretskys
  3. zarf
  4. Zarfian
  5. zarfs
  6. Zargari
  7. zari
  8. Zaria
  9. Zariah
  10. zariba
  11. zaribas

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