दरोग़

Borrowed from Classical Persian دروغ (durōġ), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 (drauga); cognate with Tamil தரோகா (tarōkā). Compare with Sanskrit द्रुग्ध (drugdha, “an injurious or malevolent act”) and German Betrug (“deception”).

दरोग़ • (daroġ) m (Urdu spelling دروغ)

1. lie, falsehood

   Synonym: झूठ (jhūṭh)

   दरोग़ को फ़रोग़ नहीं। ― daroġ ko faroġ nahī̃. ― A lie does not prosper. (proverb)

• Platts, John T. (1884) “दरोग़”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.