See also: فشنگ

Khalaj edit

Adjective edit

قَشَنگ (qəşəng)

  1. Arabic spelling of qəşəng (beautiful, pretty, handsome)

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, beautiful), related to Proto-Iranian *gr̥šáti (to rejoice, be happy).[1]

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? qašang
Dari reading? qašang
Iranian reading? ğašang
Tajik reading? qašang
  • (Hamadan) IPA(key): [ɢeˈʃæŋɡ]

Adjective edit

Dari قشنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik қашанг

قَشَنْگ (ğašang) (comparative قَشَنْگ‌تَر (ğašang-tar), superlative قَشَنْگ‌تَرین (ğašang-tarin))

  1. beautiful
  2. lovely
  3. pretty

Inflection edit

    Predicative forms of قشنگ (qašang)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
قشنگم
(qašangam)
قشنگیم
(qašangim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
قشنگی
(qašangi)
قشنگید
(qašangid)
قشنگین
(qašangin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
قشنگ است
(qašang ast)
قشنگه
(qašange)
قشنگند
(qašangand)
قشنگن
(qašangan)
Colloquial.

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: qəşəng
    • Armenian: ղաշանգ (ġašang)
  • Khalaj: qəşəng
  • Urdu: قَشَن٘گ (qaśaṅg)

References edit

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 195

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian قَشَنْگ (qašang, beautiful, lovely), ultimately from Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, beautiful).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

قَشَن٘گ (qaśaṅg) (Hindi spelling क़शंग)

  1. attractive, good-looking; beautiful
  2. pleasant, agreeable
  3. excellent, superb

References edit

  • قشنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قشنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.