zêr

Meaning

gold (element)

Concepts

gold

aurum

Synonyms

zêrr

ئالتوون

زێر

Translations

Gold

oro

altın

ذهب

or

or

aurum

goud

ouro

oro

χρυσός

aur

chrysos

Goldstück

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zeːɾ/

Etymology

Cognate with Persian: زر

Cognate with Sanskrit: हिरण्य

Cognate with Church Slavic: злато

Cognate with Latvian: zelts

Cognate with English: gold

In summary

From Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (compare Persian زر (zar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam (compare Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Sentences

Xwendin deriyê zêr e.

Reading is the golden gate.