کلنگ
See also: كلنك
Persian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, strike, break”). Compare کلند (koland).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ku.ˈlanɡ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʊ.läŋɡ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰo.læɲɡʲ̥], [kʰo.loɲɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰu.läŋɡ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kulang |
| Dari reading? | kulang |
| Iranian reading? | kolang, kolong |
| Tajik reading? | kulang |
Noun
کلنگ • (kolang, kolong)
Alternative forms
- کلنت (kolant) (dialectal, Kerman)
Derived terms
- خانه کلنگی (xâne-ye kolangi)
Descendants
- → Armenian: քլունգ (kʻlung, “pickaxe”)
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: كلنك (külünk, külüng, “pickaxe”) [since 13th century]
Etymology 2
Middle Persian [script needed] (klng /kulang/), possibly a remnant of a formation from the Proto-Indo-European root *gerh₂-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Cognate with Northern Kurdish quling, Northern Luri [script needed] (qołeńg, “قولٛنڳ”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ku.ˈlanɡ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʊ.läŋɡ], [kʰä.läŋɡ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰo.læɲɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰu.läŋɡ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kulang |
| Dari reading? | kulang, kalang |
| Iranian reading? | kolang |
| Tajik reading? | kulang |
Noun
کلنگ • (kolang) (plural کلنگها, or کلنگان)
- crane (bird)
Derived terms
- کلنگسانان (kolangsânân, “Gruiformes”)
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کلنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “کلنگ”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 292
- “کلنگ”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023