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zang

See also: Zang, zāng, zǎng, and zàng

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch sanc, from Old Dutch sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Doublet of song.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zɑŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zang
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Noun

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zang m (uncountable, diminutive zangetje n)

  1. singing, song

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: sang
  • Negerhollands: san, sang, sing, siṅ

Further reading

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  • “zang” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Mandarin

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Romanization

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zang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zǎng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zàng.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

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Noun

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zang

  1. (Kent) Alternative form of song

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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zang ?

  1. cave, grotto

Uzbek

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Noun

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zang (plural zanglar)

  1. rust

Wutunhua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tibetan གཙང (gtsang). Also compare Mandarin 藏 (zàng).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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zang

  1. Central Tibet

References

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  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yola

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Verb

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zang

  1. Alternative form of zung
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
      A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,
      A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 100
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