چنگی

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See also: چنكی

Persian

Etymology

From چنگ (čang) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? čangī
Dari reading? čangī
Iranian reading? čangi
Tajik reading? čangi

Noun

Dari چنگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik чангӣ

چنگی (čangi)

  1. harper, lutanist
  2. public dancer

Descendants

Further reading

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چنگی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “چنگی”, 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 I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 596a