Persian

Noun

زنگی • ‎(zangi) ‎(plural زنگی‌ها ‎(zangi-hâ))

1. dark-skinned, Negro

Derived terms

• زنگبار ‎(zangebâr)

Related terms

• زنگ ‎(zang)

Descendants

• Arabic: زنجي ‎(zanjī, zinjī)
  • Ottoman Turkish: زنجی ‎(zenci)
    • Turkish: zenci
• Georgian: ზანგი ‎(zangi)
• Hindustani:
  • Urdu: زنگی ‎(zangī)
• Ottoman Turkish: زنگی ‎(zengi)

References

• "زنگی" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “zangīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press