اورنگ

See also: اورنك and اورنګ

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaw.ˈɾanɡ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔow.ɹǽɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	awrang
Dari reading?	awrang
Iranian reading?	owrang
Tajik reading?	avrang

Noun

Dari	اورنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	авранг

اورنگ • (owrang)

1. alternative form of افرنگ (afrang)

Derived terms

• اورنگ‌زیب (owrang-zib)
• هفت اورنگ (haft owrang)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: övrəng
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: औरंग (auraṅg)

  Urdu: اورنگ (aurang)

• → Ottoman Turkish: اَوْرَنْك (evrenk)
  • Turkish: evrenk
• → Pashto: اورنګ (awrang)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਔਰੰਗ (auraṅg)
  • Shahmukhi script: اَوْرَنْگ (aurang)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اورنگ (awrang).

Noun

اَوْرَنْگ • (aurang) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਔਰੰਗ)

1. throne

   Synonym: تَخْت (taxt)

Related terms

• اَوْرَنْگزیب (aurangzeb, “Aurangzeb”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اَورَنگ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اورنگ (awrang).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɔː.ɾəŋɡ/

Noun

اَورَن٘گ • (auraṅg) m (Hindi spelling औरंग)

1. throne

   Synonym: تَخْت (taxt)

Related terms

• اَورَن٘گْزیب (auraṅgzeb, “Aurangzeb”)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “اورنگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “اورنگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.