پانجار

Ottoman Turkish

پانجار – Beta vulgaris

Alternative forms

• پنجر (pencer), پنجار (pencar), بنجر (bencer)

Etymology

From Armenian բանջար (banǰar, “edible greens, vegetable”) (in dialects also փանջար (pʻanǰar), փա̈նջա̈ր (pʻänǰär), պա̈նջա̈ր (pänǰär) etc.), from Old Armenian բանջար (banǰar, “edible greens, vegetable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑnˈdʒɑɾ]

Noun

پانجار • (pancar)

1. beet (Beta vulgaris plant, leaves and tree)

Descendants

• Turkish: pancar, pencer, pençer, perpencer
• → Albanian: panxhar
• → Arabic: بَنْجَر (banjar)
• → Bulgarian: панджа́р (pandžár)
• → Greek: παντζάρι (pantzári)
• → Ladino: pandjar
• → Romanian: pangea