تنگنا

Persian

Alternative forms

تنگنای (tangnāy) (Classical Persian)

Etymology

From (tang) +‎ (nâ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tanɡ.ˈnaːj/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæɲɡʲ.nɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tangnāy
Dari reading^?	tangnā
Iranian reading^?	tangnâ
Tajik reading^?	tangno

Noun

تنگنا • (tangnâ)

tight place; defile, gorge, bottleneck
difficult circumstances

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تنگنا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim