دانگ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠dānag⁠/), from Old Persian [Term?], ultimately from a derivative of the root reflected in دانه (dâne, “grain, seed”). Akin to the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian դանգ (dang), Old Georgian დანგი (dangi), Classical Syriac ܕܳܢܩܳܐ (dānqā), Arabic دَانَق (dānaq), Ancient Greek δανάκη (danákē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑːnɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔːŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒːɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dāng
Dari reading?	dāng
Iranian reading?	dâng
Tajik reading?	dong

Noun

دانگ • (dâng)

1. sixth of something, particularly:
   1. sixth of an area of land
2. (music) half of a scale

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 620ab
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دانگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 536, page 118
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 134
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 875