تنگ
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [taŋɡ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæŋɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | tang |
Dari reading? | tang |
Iranian reading? | tang |
Tajik reading? | tang |
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [script needed] (tng /tang/, “narrow, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to compact”),[1] perhaps from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with تنجیدن (tanjidan, “to squeeze”), as well as Old Armenian թանկ (tʻank), an Iranian borrowing.
Adjective
Dari | تنگ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | танг |
تنگ • (tang) (comparative تنگتَر (tang-tar), superlative تنگتَرین (tang-tarin))
Related terms
- تنگی (tangi)
- تنک (tonok)
Etymology 3
Via Chagatai from Chinese 等 (MC tojX|tongX, “equal; sort, type, etc.”), or specifically 戥 (“small steelyard for weighing money and similar items”).
Alternative forms
- دنگ (deng, dang)
Noun
تنگ • (teng, tang)
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission) (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 574–577, Nr. 941 and 942
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377-8
Sindhi
Etymology
From Sanskrit [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪ənɡ]
References
- Khānu, Balocu (1960-1988) “تنگ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تنگ (tang).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪əŋɡ/
Adjective
تنگ • (taṅg) (Hindi spelling तंग)
Derived terms
- تنگ کرنا (tãṅg karnā)
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