تنگ

See also: بنك‎, تنك‎, بنگ‎, and تنک‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *tánuš, from Proto-Iranian *tánuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Old Armenian թանկ (tʿank), an Iranian borrowing. Related to Latin tenuis, Latvian tievs (“thin”), Ancient Greek τανύω (tanúō), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Old English þynne (whence English thin).

Adjective

Dari Persian	تنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	танг (tang)

تنگ • (tang) (comparative تنگ‌تر‎, superlative تنگ‌ترین‎)

1. narrow, strait; tight

Related terms

• تنگی‎ (tangi)

Etymology 2

Noun

تنگ • (tong)

1. flagon
2. carafe

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian تنگ‎ (tang).

Adjective

تنگ • (tãṅg) (Hindi spelling तंग)

1. tight, narrow
2. troubled, distressed, vexed
3. distracted, bothered

Derived terms

• تنگ کرنا‎ (tãṅg karnā)