پتنگ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पतङ्ग (pataṅga, “the flier, flying insect e.g. moth”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pə.t̪əŋɡ/
- Rhymes: -əŋɡ
- Hyphenation: پَ‧تنْگ
Noun
پَتَنْگ • (pataṅg) m (Hindi spelling पतंग)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پَتَنْگ (pataṅg) | پَتَنْگ (pataṅg) |
| oblique | پَتَنْگ (pataṅg) | پَتَنْگوں (pataṅgõ) |
| vocative | پَتَنْگ (pataṅg) | پَتَنْگو (pataṅgo) |
Further reading
- “پتنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پتنگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پتنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پتنگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.