تنگ

See also: بنك, تنك, بنگ, and تنک

Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taŋɡ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæŋɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tang
Dari reading^?	tang
Iranian reading^?	tang
Tajik reading^?	tang

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tng /⁠tang⁠/, “narrow, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to compact”),^[1] perhaps from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with (tanjidan, “to squeeze”), as well as Old Armenian թանկ (tʻank), an Iranian borrowing.

Adjective edit


Iranian Persian	تنگ
Dari	تنگ
Tajik	танг

تنگ • (tang) (comparative تنگ‌تَر (tang-tar), superlative تنگ‌تَرین (tang-tarin))

narrow, strait; tight

Related terms edit

تنگی (tangi)
تنک (tonok)

Etymology 2 edit

Via Chagatai from Chinese 桶 (MC thuwngX|duwngX, “tub, keg”)

Noun edit

تنگ • (tong)

flagon, carafe, decanter

Etymology 3 edit

Via Chagatai from Chinese 等 (MC tojX|tongX, “equal; sort, type, etc.”), or specifically 戥 (“small steelyard for weighing money and similar items”).

Alternative forms edit

دنگ (deng, dang)

Noun edit

تنگ • (teng, tang)

a bundle on one half of a beast of burden, package, ass-load
a girth, a strap, a band, a brace
a wooden instrument with iron teeth used in separating rice from the chaff
a machine for making powder
an oil-press

References edit

Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 574–577, Nr. 941 and 942
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377-8

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tang).

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əŋɡ/

Adjective edit

تنگ • (taṅg) (Hindi spelling तंग)

Derived terms edit

تنگ کرنا (tãṅg karnā)

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377-8

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