بنگ
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بنگ
Bakhtiari
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ʿʾng /vâng/),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”); compare Northern Kurdish bang, Persian بانگ (bâng), English bang.
Pronunciation
Noun
بنگ (bong)
References
- ^ William West, E. (1874). Glossary and Index of the Pahlavi Texts of the Book of Arda Viraf.
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭭𐭢 (bng /bang/, “henbane”). Cognate with Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga, “hemp”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bang |
| Dari reading? | bang |
| Iranian reading? | bang |
| Tajik reading? | bang |
Noun
| Dari | بنگ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | банг |
بنگ • (bang)
- hashish, narcotic made from Cannabis sativa
- Synonym: حشیش (hašiš)
- henbane, narcotic made from Hyoscyamus niger
- Synonym: بنگدانه (bang-dâne)
Derived terms
- بنگاب (bangâb)
Further reading
- G. Gnoli, ʿA.-A. Saʿīdī Sīrjānī (1988-12-15) “Bang”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2019-11-13
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بنگ (bang), doublet of بھانگ (bhāṅg), which is inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bəŋɡ/
Noun
بنگ • (baṅg) f (Hindi spelling बंग)
Derived terms
References
- “بنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “بنگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بنگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بنگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.