آهنگ

See also: آهنك and آہنگ

Pashto

Noun

آهنگ • (āháng) m

1. melody, musical theme, tune
2. sounding, sound
3. tone, intonation

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾʾhng (āhang, “pull, draught; melody”), derived from آهیختن (âhixtan, “to pull, draw out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.hanɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɦäŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɦäŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːäŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːäŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɦæɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɦäŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āhang
Dari reading?	āhang
Iranian reading?	âhang
Tajik reading?	ohang

Noun

Dari	آهنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	оҳанг

آهنگ • (âhang) (plural آهنگ‌ها (âhang-hâ))

1. tune
2. melody
3. harmony
4. song
5. medley
6. (poetry) meter, wazn

Synonyms

• ترانه (tarâne)
• وزن (vazn)
• آواز (âvâz)
• آوا (âvâ)
• نوا (navâ)
• لحن (lahn)
• تون (ton)

Related terms

• آهنگساز (âhangsâz)
• آهنگین (âhangin)
• آهنگ‌شناسی (âhang-šenâsi)
• شباهنگ (šabâhang)
• هماهنگ (hamâhang)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ahəng
• → Georgian: ჰანგი (hangi)
• → Gujarati: આહંગ (āhaṅg)
• → Kazakh: ән (än)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آهنك (ahenk)
  • Turkish: ahenk
  • → Armenian: ահէնկ (ahēnk)
• → Urdu: آہنگ (āhang)

References

• ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “آهنگ”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr

Etymology 2

Deverbal noun of آهیختن (âhixtan, “to draw out, to pull”).

Noun

آهنگ • (âhang) (plural آهنگ‌ها (âhang-hâ))

1. (archaic) intention; determination