ٹانگ
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka), from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka). First attested as Middle Hindi ٿانگ (ṭang /ṭang/) / ٿنگ (ṭng /ṭng/).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʈɑːŋɡ/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːŋɡ
Noun
ٹان٘گ • (ṭāṅg) f (Hindi spelling टाँग)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ٹانگ (ṭāṅg) | ٹانگیں (ṭāṅgẽ) |
| oblique | ٹانگ (ṭāṅg) | ٹانگوں (ṭāṅgõ) |
| vocative | ٹانگ (ṭāṅg) | ٹانگو (ṭāṅgo) |
Further reading
- “ٹانگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ٹانگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ٹانگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ٿانگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 355
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “تَانگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 441
- John Shakespear (1834) “ٹانگ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṭaṅka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 301
Ushojo
Noun
ٹانگ (ṭāṅg)