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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (lyk' /rēg/, “sand”). According to Korn, ultimately inherited from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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rēg
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| Dari reading?
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rēg
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| Iranian reading?
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rig
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| Tajik reading?
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reg
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Noun
| Dari
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ریگ
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| Iranian Persian
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ماسه
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| Tajik
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рег
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ریگ • (rig) (plural ریگها (rig-hâ))
- sand
- gravel
Derived terms
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ریگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Blažek, Václav (2015) “‘River’ and ‘sand’ in Slavic and Indo-European context”, in Etymological Research into Old Church Slavonic: Proceedings of the Etymological Symposium Brno 2014, 9–11 September 2014, Brno, Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, pages 57–68
- Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 78, footnote 15
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rēg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Anagrams
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ریگ (rēg).
Noun
ریگ • (reg) f (Hindi spelling रेग)
- sand
Synonyms