مانگ

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (moon, month).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːŋɡ/

Noun

Northern Kurdish meh
Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang)

مانگ (mang)

  1. moon
  2. month

Derived terms

  • مانگانە (mangane)
  • مانگیلە (mangîle)
  • مانگەشەو (mangeşew)

References

  • Kedajtene, Je. I., Mukriani, Kurdistan, Mitroxina, V. I. (1977) “луна”, in Kedajtene Je. I., editor, Učebnyj russko-kurdskij slovarʹ [Russian–Kurdish Learning Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 139a
  • Hejar (1990) “مانگ”, in Henbane borîne[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 797
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “mang”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 88

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? māng
Dari reading? māng
Iranian reading? mâng
Tajik reading? mong

Noun

Dari مانگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik монг

مانگ • (mâng)

  1. moon

Derived terms

References

Southern Kurdish

Noun

مانگ (mang)

  1. (Kirmaşanî) moon

Urdu

Etymology

Deverbal from مانگنا (māṉgnā, to request; ask; order).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَان٘گ • (māṅgf (Hindi spelling माँग)

  1. demand
  2. ask, beg
  3. ask (hand in marriage of a girl)

Declension

Declension of مانگ
singular plural
direct مَان٘گ (māṅg) مَان٘گیں (māṅgẽ)
oblique مَان٘گ (māṅg) مَان٘گوں (māṅgõ)
vocative مَان٘گ (māṅg) مَان٘گو (māṅgo)

Further reading

  • مانگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مانگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مانگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.