जाँघ

See also: जघा and जांघ

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जांघ (jāṅgh), जँघा (jaṅghā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀖𑀸 (jaṃghā), from Sanskrit जङ्घा (jaṅghā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰángʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰángʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-o-s. Cognate with Assamese জাং (zaṅ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːŋɡʱ/, [d͡ʒä̃ːŋɡʱ]

Noun

जाँघ • (jāṅgh) f (Urdu spelling جانگھ)

1. (anatomy) thigh

   Synonyms: ऊरु (ūru), उरु (uru) (poetic), रान (rān)

Declension

Declension of जाँघ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जाँघ jāṅgh	जाँघें jāṅghẽ
oblique	जाँघ jāṅgh	जाँघों jāṅghõ
vocative	जाँघ jāṅgh	जाँघो jāṅgho

Derived terms

• जाँघिया (jāṅghiyā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जाँघ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jáṅghā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press