दंग

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (dang).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪əŋɡ/, [d̪ɐ̃ŋɡ]
Rhymes: -ə̃ŋɡ

Adjective

दंग • (daṅg) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دنگ)

astonished, dumbfounded
Synonyms: हैरान (hairān), आश्चर्यचकित (āścaryackit)

दंग रह जाना ― daṅg rah jānā ― to be left dumbfounded

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दंग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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