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Estonian
Etymology
From piirama (“to limit”) + -ng.
Pronunciation
Noun
piirang (genitive piirangu, partitive piirangut)
- restriction, limitation
- alkoholimüügi piirangud ― restrictions on the sale of alcohol
- (obsolete) a circle etc., that surrounds, constrains sth
1975, Nikolai Baturin, “Naasja [The One That Returned]”, in Paul Kuusberg, editor, Looming [Creation], number 11, Tallinn: Perioodika, page 1784:See sund ja nelja seina piirang pärast hiljutise mängumaa pillavat avarust ahistas ja kohutas neid nagu metsa ja metsikusega harjunud esmarakkes põtru asulatänav.- This oppression and the four confining walls after the ample vastness of their recent playground maltreated and dismayed them like a city street does with moose, that are used to the forest and the wilderness.
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References
- piirang in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “piirang”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009