بنگ

See also: بنك, تنك, تنک, and تنگ

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ʿʾng /⁠vâng⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”); compare Northern Kurdish bang, Persian بانگ (bâng), English bang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bonɡ/

Noun

بنگ (bong)

1. sound

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭭𐭢 (bng /⁠bang⁠/, “henbane”). Cognate with Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baŋɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæŋɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bang
Dari reading?	bang
Iranian reading?	bang
Tajik reading?	bang

Noun

Dari	بنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	банг

بنگ • (bang)

1. hashish, narcotic made from Cannabis sativa

   Synonyms: حشیش (hašiš), ورق‌الخیال (varaq-ol-xiyâl)

2. henbane, narcotic made from Hyoscyamus niger

   Synonyms: بنگ‌دانه (bang-dâne), بذرالبنج (bazr-ol-banj)

Derived terms

• بنگاب (bangâb)

Further reading

• G. Gnoli, ʿA.-A. Saʿīdī Sīrjānī (1988-12-15) “Bang”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2019-11-13

Urdu

بنگ

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بنگ (bang), doublet of بھانگ (bhāṅg), which is inherited.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəŋɡ/

Noun

بنگ • (baṅg) f (Hindi spelling बंग)

1. bhang, cannabis

   Synonym: بھانگ (bhāṅg)

Derived terms

• بَن٘گاب (bangāb, “cannabis-water”)
• بَن٘گی (bangī, “cannabis-user”)

References

• “بنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “بنگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “بنگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بنگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.