خنگ
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Persian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xinɡ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xeɲɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χiŋɡ]
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Classical reading? | |
Dari reading? | |
Iranian reading? | xeng |
Tajik reading? |
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hangistaz, and thereby with German Hengst.
Noun
[edit]خنگ • (xeng)
- horse
- white horse
- gray horse
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]خنگ • (xeng)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Lazard, Gilbert (1990) “خنگ”, in Dictionnaire persan-français, page 165b
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “خنگ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 729a