Persian

Noun

زره • ‎(zereh) ‎(plural زره‌ها ‎(zereh-hâ))

1. armour
2. coat of mail

Descendants

• → Arabic: دِرْع ‎(dirʿ)
• → Azeri: zireh
• → Hindustani:
  • Urdu: زره ‎(zirih, zirah)
• → Indonesian: zirah
• → Middle Armenian: զրեհ ‎(zreh)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زره ‎(zırh)
  • Turkish: zırh
  • → Crimean Tatar: zırh
• → Uzbek: zirh

Derived terms

• زرهپوش ‎(zerehpuš)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “زره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “զրահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “zrēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press