دروغ

Pashto

Etymology

From Classical Persian دروغ (durōġ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪roɣ/
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  • (Kunduz) IPA(key): /d̪ʊrwɑɣ/
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Noun

دروغ • (droğf

  1. lie
  2. falsehood

Persian

Alternative forms

  • دوروغ (duruġ) (colloquial, Tehrani)

Etymology

From Middle Persian KDBA / dlwb' (drō(g)), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 (drauga), from Proto-Iranian *dráwgah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰráwgʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrówgʰos, from *dʰrewgʰ-. Compare German Betrug, Dutch bedrog, both “deception”. Also related with English dream.

Pronunciation

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? durōġ
Dari reading? durōġ
Iranian reading? doruġ
Tajik reading? durüġ

Noun

Dari دروغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik дурӯғ

دروغ • (durōġ / doruġ) (plural دروغ‌ها (durōġ-hā / doruġ-hâ))

  1. lie
  2. untruth
  3. falsehood

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: दरोग़ (daroġ)
    Urdu: دَروغ (daroġ)
  • Tamil: தரோகா (tarōkā)