Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka), from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka). First attested as Middle Hindi ٿانگ (ṭang /⁠ṭang⁠/) / ٿنگ (ṭng /⁠ṭng⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ٹان٘گ (ṭāṅgf (Hindi spelling टाँग)

  1. (anatomy) leg

Declension

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Declension of ٹانگ
singular plural
direct ٹانگ (ṭāṅg) ٹانگیں (ṭāṅgẽ)
oblique ٹانگ (ṭāṅg) ٹانگوں (ṭāṅgõ)
vocative ٹانگ (ṭāṅg) ٹانگو (ṭāṅgo)

Further reading

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  • ٹانگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ٹانگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ٹانگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ٿانگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 355
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “تَانگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 441
  • John Shakespear (1834) “ٹانگ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṭaṅka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 301

Ushojo

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Noun

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ٹانگ (ṭāṅg)

  1. island