جنگ

See also: جنګ, خنک, چنگ, خنگ, حنك, جنک, and جنك

Baluchi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگ (jang, “war”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaŋɡ/ [d͡ʒa̞ŋɡʰ]

Noun

جنگ • (jang)

  1. war

Etymology 2

from Proto-Iranian *ǰántī, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰánti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰénti (“to slay, strike”). Cognate with Persian زدن (zadan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒanɐɡ/ [d͡ʒa̞na̞ɡʰ]

Verb

جنگ • (janag) (past stem جت)

  1. to hit
    آنٚهیءَ منانٚ په سرگ جته!
    Ànhi’a manàn pa sarag jata!
    He hit me on the head!
Derived terms
  • اݔر جنگ (èr janag, “to abase”)
  • تؤک جنگ (tauk janag, “to exclaim”)
  • توپک جنگ (tupak janag, “to shoot a gun”)
  • تیر جنگ (tir janag, “to shoot an arrow”)
  • تۏبی جنگ (tòbi janag, “to dive”)
  • داپرا جنگ (dàporà janag, “to stamp”)
  • دستگ جنگ (dastag janag, “to knock”)
  • دل جنگ (del janag, “to vomit”)
  • دپ جنگ (dap janag, “to boast”)
  • دک جنگ (dak janag, “to solder”)
  • دگار جنگ (degàr janag, “to dig”)
  • سنده جنگ (senda janag, “to whistle”)
  • لدگ جنگ (ladag janag, “to kick”)
  • پنا جنگ (panà janag, “to cheat death”)
  • چاپ جنگ (càp janag, “to clap”)
  • چاپۏل جنگ (càpòl janag, “to slap”)
  • ڈنگ جنگ (ďang janag, “to sting”)

Brahui

Etymology

Borrowed from Baluchi جنگ.

Noun

جَنْگ⁩ (jańg)

  1. war

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yng), 𐫋𐫗𐫗𐫃 (jnng /⁠ǰang⁠/, “struggle, fight”)).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? jang
Dari reading? jang
Iranian reading? jang
Tajik reading? jang

Noun

Dari جنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷанг

جَنْگ • (jang) (plural جنگ‌ها (jang-hâ))

  1. war
    جَنْگِ داخِلی ― jang-e dâxeli ― civil war
  2. fight
  3. (usually informal) dispute, argument
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Bengali: জঙ্গ (joṅgo)
  • → Crimean Tatar: cenk
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: जंग (jaṅg)
    Urdu: جَن٘گ (jaṅg)
  • → Gujarati: જંગ (jaṅg)
  • → Old Anatolian Turkish: جنك (cäng)
    • Azerbaijani: (South Azerbaijani) cəng
    • Gagauz: cenk
    • Ottoman Turkish: جنگ (ceng)
  • → Northern Kurdish: ceng
  • → Punjabi:
    Shahmukhi script: جنگ (jaṅg)
    Gurmukhi script: ਜੰਗ (jaṅg)
  • > Tajik: ҷанг (jang) (inherited)
  • → Turkmen: jeň

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ǰang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 46

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi जंग (jaṅg) or Malay jong.

Noun

جنگ • (jong)

  1. junk (type of ship)
  2. (figuratively) anthology

Etymology 3

Cognate Mazanderani جونیکا (junikâ, “bullock”).

Noun

جنگ • (jong)

  1. young camel

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگ (jang), from Middle Persian 𐫋𐫗𐫗𐫃 (yng /⁠ǰang⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَن٘گ • (jaṉg) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੰਗ)

  1. war

Declension

Declension of جنگ
singular plural
direct جَن٘گ (jaṉg) جَن٘گ (jaṉg)
oblique جَن٘گ (jaṉg) جَن٘گاں (jaṉgāṉ)
vocative جَن٘گا (jaṉgā) جَن٘گو (jaṉgo)
ablative جَن٘گوں (jaṉgoṉ) جَن٘گاں (jaṉgāṉ)
locative جَن٘گے (jaṉge) جَن٘گِیں (jaṉgīṉ)
instrumental جَن٘گوں (jaṉgoṉ) –

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگ (jang).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَن٘گ • (jaṅg) f (Hindi spelling जंग)

  1. war
  2. battle
  3. fight
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • جَنْگ آوَر (jaṅg āvar, “fighter, warrior, brave”)
  • جَن٘گ و جِدال (jaṅg o jidāl, “warfare, armed conflict”)
  • جَن٘گِ آزادی (jaṅg-i āzādī, “liberation war, war for freedom”)
  • جَن٘گِ عَظِیم (jaṅg-i 'azīm, “world war”)
  • جَن٘گْجُو (jaṅgjū, “warrior, fighter”)
  • جَن٘گی (jaṅgī, “warlike, martial”)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit युज् (yuj).

Pronunciation

Noun

جُن٘گ • (juṅg) f (Hindi spelling जुंग)

  1. emotion
  2. impulse
  3. volume (of books)
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