قشنگ
See also: فشنگ
Khalaj
Adjective
قَشَنگ (qəşəng)
Persian
Etymology
From Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”), related to Proto-Iranian *gr̥šáti (“to rejoice, be happy”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /qa.ˈʃanɡ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qä.ʃǽŋɡ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæ.ʃǽɲɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qä.ʃǽŋɡ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | qašang |
| Dari reading? | qašang |
| Iranian reading? | ġašang |
| Tajik reading? | qašang |
- (Hamadan) IPA(key): [ɢeˈʃæŋɡ]
Adjective
| Dari | قشنگ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | қашанг |
قَشَنْگ • (qašang) (comparative قَشَنْگتَر, superlative قَشَنْگتَرین)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person (“I am, we are”) |
قشنگم (qašangam) | قشنگیم (qašangim) |
| 2nd person (“you are”) |
قشنگی (qašangi) | قشنگید، قشنگین△ (qašangid, qašangin△) |
| 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
قشنگ است، قشنگه△ (qašang ast, qašange△) | قشنگند، قشنگن△ (qašangand, qašangan△) |
△ Colloquial.
Related terms
- قَشَنْگی (qašangi)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: qəşəng
- → Armenian: ղաշանգ (ġašang)
- → Khalaj: qəşəng
- → Turkish: kaşenk
- → Urdu: قَشَن٘گ (qaśaṅg)
References
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 195
Urdu
Etymology
From Classical Persian قَشَنْگ (qašang, “beautiful, lovely”), ultimately from Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qə.ʃəŋɡ/
Adjective
قَشَن٘گ • (qaśaṅg) (Hindi spelling क़शंग)