zang
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch sanc, from Old Dutch sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Doublet of song.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zang m (uncountable, diminutive zangetje n)
Derived terms edit
- beurtzang
- gemeentezang
- kerkzang
- koorzang
- lofzang
- samenzang
- volkszang
- zanger
- zangles
- zanglijster
- zangmicrofoon
- zangschool
- zangstem
- zwanenzang
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “zang” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
zang
- Nonstandard spelling of zāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of zǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of zàng.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
zang
Northern Kurdish edit
Noun edit
zang ?
Uzbek edit
Noun edit
zang (plural zanglar)
Wutunhua edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tibetan གཙང (gtsang). Also compare Mandarin 藏 (zàng).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
zang
References edit
Yola edit
Verb edit
zang
- Alternative form of zung
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
- A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,
- A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 100