گرنگ

Brahui

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Iranian. Compare Baluchi [script needed] (garanč), Persian گره (gereh, “knot”).

Noun

گِرِنْگ (giriṅg)

1. knot
2. knot in wood
3. mental difficulty

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “giring”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 116

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan or Northwestern Iranian. Compare Sindhi گِهِرَڻُ (gihiraṇu, “to drag”), Saraiki گھیلݨ (ghīlaṇ), Baluchi [script needed] (gilag). The ultimate source is uncertain; compare Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to rub”).

Verb

گِرِّنْگ (girriṅg)

1. to drag along, drag off

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “girring”, in The Brahui Language‎^[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 117

Persian

Etymology

Probably from گران (garān, “expensive, heavy”).

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾäŋɡ]

Readings
Dari reading?	girang

Adjective

گرنگ • (girang) (comparative گرنگ‌تَر (girang-tar), superlative گرنگ‌تَرین (girang-tarin))

1. heavy
2. scary