گنگ
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Persian
Etymology 1
Perhaps developed from the sense “to mock, hum”. Usually connected to Sanskrit गुञ्जति (guñjati, “buzz, hum”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gung |
| Dari reading? | gung |
| Iranian reading? | gong |
| Tajik reading? | gung |
Noun
| Dari | گنگ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | гунг |
گنگ • (gong)
- mute, a person unable to speak
Adjective
گنگ • (gong)
Descendants
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: (“conduit”)
- → Turkmen: güň (mute and deaf at the same time)
Etymology 2
Noun
گنگ • (gang)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gang |
| Dari reading? | gang |
| Iranian reading? | gang |
| Tajik reading? | gang |
Proper noun
| Dari | گنگ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Ганг |
گنگ • (gang)
- the Ganges
Descendants
Etymology 4
Proper noun
گنگ • (gang)
- (obsolete) Tashkent
- (obsolete) Jerusalem
- (historical) the name of a certain mythological city fully گنگ دژ, گنگ دز, or گنگ بهشت
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 137
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “گنگ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1037–1038