تانگا

Urdu

Alternative forms

• تان٘گَہ (tāṅga)
• ٹان٘گا (ṭāṅgā)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːŋ.ɡɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

تان٘گا • (tāṅgā) m (Hindi spelling ताँगा)

1. tonga

Declension

Declension of تانگا

	singular	plural
direct	تان٘گا (tāṅgā)	تان٘گے (tāṅge)
oblique	تان٘گے (tāṅge)	تان٘گوں (tāṅgõ)
vocative	تان٘گے (tāṅge)	تان٘گو (tāṅgo)

Descendants

• → English: tonga

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “تانگا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 307
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تانگہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 180
• “تانگا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• John Shakespear (1834) “تانگا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 487
• “تانگا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.