दीर्घ

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrghá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). Doublet of देर (der).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪iːɾɡʱ/

दीर्घ • (dīrgh) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دیرگھ)

1. long

   Synonym: लंबा (lambā)

2. tall

   Synonyms: ऊँचा (ū̃cā), लंबा (lambā)

   Antonym: नाटा (nāṭā)

3. weighty

   Synonyms: भारी (bhārī), गुरु (guru)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀 (dar^əga, “long”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /⁠darga⁠/), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós), Latin longus, Old Church Slavonic дльгъ (dlĭgŭ), and possibly English long.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /diːɾ.ɡʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪iːɾ.ɡʱɐ/

दीर्घ • (dīrghá) stem (comparative द्राघीयस्, superlative द्राघिष्ठ)

1. long (in space and time)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.17.10:

     दीर्घस्ते अस्त्वङ्कुशो येना वसु प्रयच्छसि ।
     यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥

     dīrghaste astvaṅkuśo yenā vasu prayacchasi.
     yajamānāya sunvate.

     Long be thy grasping-hook wherewith thou givest ample wealth to him
     Who sheds the juice and worships thee.

2. lofty, high, tall
3. deep
4. (phonetics, prosody) long

दीर्घ • (dīrghá) stem, m

1. (phonology) long vowel
2. the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th sign of the Zodiac

दीर्घ • (dīrghá) stem, n

1. name of a sāman

• Dardic:
  • Chilisso: (žiṅgo)
  • Dameli: (drīga)
  • Gawar-Bati: (līgāla)
  • Indus Kohistani: (žiga)
  • Kalami: (līg)
  • Kalasha: driga
  • Khowar: درونگ (drung)
  • Northeast Pashayi: (drīi), (ligolo)
  • Phalura: (dhrigo)
  • Savi: (drigōu)
  • Shina: (ẓigu) ('dangu' in Drasi)
  • Shumashti: (ligalo)
  • Southeast Pashayi: (legā)
  • Tirahi: (derega)
  • Torwali: حؕىگ (ḍẓīk)
  • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: (lig), (likh)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ދިގު (digu)
  • Sinhalese: දිග (diga)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: दिघो (digho)
• Kholosi: taɽgo
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀖 (diggha)
  • Assamese: দীঘ (digh), দীঘল (dighol)
  • Bengali: দিঘ (digh), দিগ (dig)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀖 (diggha)
  • Konkani: दीग (dīg)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਡੂੰਘਾ (ḍūṅghā, “deep”)
  • Sindhi: ड्रिघो (ḍrigho)
• Pali: dīgha
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀖 (diggha)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: दीह (dīh) (poetic)

  • Romani: dingo

• Bengali: দীর্ঘ (dirgho)
• Gujarati: દીર્ઘ (dīrgh)
• Hindi: दीर्घ (dīrgh)
• Kannada: ದೀರ್ಘ (dīrgha)
• Marathi: दीर्घ (dīrgha)
• Punjabi: ਦੀਰਘ (dīragh)
• Tamil: தீர்க்கம் (tīrkkam)
• Telugu: దీర్ఘము (dīrghamu)
• Urdu: دیرگھ (dīrgh)

• Monier Williams (1899) “दीर्घ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 481.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dīrghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press