جنگ

See also: جنګ, خنک, چنگ, خنگ, حنك, جنک, and جنك

Baluchi

Noun

جنگ • (jang)

  1. war

Etymology 2

from Proto-Iranian *ǰántī, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰánti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰénti (“to slay, strike”). Cognate with Persian زدن (zadan).

Verb

جنگ • (janag)

  1. to hit

Brahui

Etymology

Borrowed from Baluchi جنگ.

Noun

جَنْگ⁩ (transliteration needed)

  1. war

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yng), 𐫋𐫗𐫗𐫃 (jnng /⁠ǰang⁠/, “struggle, fight”)).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒäŋɡ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒäŋɡ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒäŋɡ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? jang
Dari reading? jang
Iranian reading? jang
Tajik reading? jang

Noun
Dari جنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷанг

جَنْگ • (jang) (plural جنگ‌ها (jang-hâ))

  1. war
    جَنْگِ داخِلی ― jang-e dâxeli ― civil war
  2. fight
  3. (usually informal) dispute, argument
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Bengali: জঙ্গ (joṅgo)
  • → Crimean Tatar: cenk
  • → Hindustani
  • → Gujarati: જંગ (jaṅg)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جنك
  • → Northern Kurdish: ceng
  • → Punjabi:
    Shahmukhi script: جنگ (jaṅg)
    Gurmukhi script: ਜੰਗ (jaṅg)
  • > Tajik: ҷанг (jang) (inherited)
  • → Turkmen: jeň

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ǰang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 46

Etymology 2

From Hindi जंग (jaṅg) or Malay jong.

Noun

جنگ • (jong)

  1. junk (type of ship)
  2. (figuratively) anthology

Etymology 3

Cognate Mazanderani جونیکا (junikâ, “bullock”).

Noun

جنگ • (jong)

  1. young camel

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگ (jang), from Middle Persian 𐫋𐫗𐫗𐫃 (yng /⁠ǰang⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

جنگ • (jaṅg) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੰਗ)

  1. war

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگ (jang).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَن٘گ • (jaṅg) f (Hindi spelling जंग)

  1. war
  2. battle
  3. fight
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • جَن٘گی (jaṅgī, “warlike, martial”)
  • جَن٘گْجُو (jaṅgjū, “warrior, fighter”)
  • جَن٘گِ آزادی (jaṅg-i āzādī, “liberation war, war for freedom”)
  • جَن٘گِ عَظِیم (jaṅg-i 'azīm, “world war”)
  • جَنْگ آوَر (jaṅg āvar, “fighter, warrior, brave”)
  • جَن٘گ و جِدال (jaṅg o jidāl, “warfare, armed conflict”)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit युज् (yuj).

Pronunciation

Noun

جُن٘گ • (juṅg) f (Hindi spelling जुंग)

  1. emotion
  2. impulse
  3. volume (of books)
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