تڑنگ

Brahui

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil தடி (taṭi, “to cut down”), Malayalam തടിയുക (taṭiyuka, “to cut off”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

تَڑِنْگ (taṛiṅg)

1. to cut
2. to cut off
3. to cut down
4. to slaughter, butch

Derived terms

• تَڑِفِنْگ (taṛifiṅg, “to be slaughtered”)

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “taṛing”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 286
• Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “taṛ-ing”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 728