Where does “ժանգառ” come from?

ժանգառ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ժանգառ, from Persian زنگار, from Persian ار — if.

ժանգառ (Armenian): verdigris a blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals, the pigment made from it and its color

Definitions

  1. verdigris a blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals, the pigment made from it and its color

Ancestry of “ժանգառ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianժանգառverdigris a blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals and the pigment made from it
2Persianزنگارverdigris, rust
3Persianارif
Every word from Persian ار →Every word from Persian زنگار →Every word from Old Armenian ժանգառ →