درنگ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian dlng' (drang, “period, duration”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *drangah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drangʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”) (compare English long).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [di.ɾanɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾäŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾäŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾäŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɾäŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e.ɹæɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɾäŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dirang
Dari reading?	dirang
Iranian reading?	derang
Tajik reading?	dirang

Noun

Dari	درنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	диранг

درنگ • (derang) (plural درنگ‌ها (derang-hâ))

1. delay
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2736:

     سالم از دزدان و از آسیب سنگ / برد تا دار الخلافه بی‌‌درنگ

     salim az duzd-ân u az âsêb-i-sang / burd tâ dâr al-xalâfa bê-dirang

     He bore it without delay, safe from robbers and unhurt by stones, to the seat of the Caliphate (the Caliph's palace).

2. hesitation, hesitancy
3. postponement
4. slowness

Synonyms

• دیرکرد (dirkerd)
• تأخیر (ta’xir)

Derived terms

• درنگ کردن (darang kardan, “to delay, to hesitate”)

Descendants

• → Bengali: দেরেঙ্গ (dereṅgo)