ریگ

See also: زیگ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lyk' /⁠rēg⁠/, “sand”). According to Korn, ultimately inherited from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reːɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reːɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [reːɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [reːɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹiːɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾeɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rēg
Dari reading?	rēg
Iranian reading?	rig
Tajik reading?	reg

Noun

Dari	ریگ
Iranian Persian	ماسه
Tajik	рег

ریگ • (rig) (plural ریگ‌ها (rig-hâ))

1. sand
2. gravel

Derived terms

• ریگستان (rêgestân)
• ریگزار (rêgzâr)
• ریگ‌بوم (rêg-bum)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ریگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Blažek, Václav (2015) “‘River’ and ‘sand’ in Slavic and Indo-European context”, in Etymological Research into Old Church Slavonic: Proceedings of the Etymological Symposium Brno 2014, 9–11 September 2014, Brno‎^[1], Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, pages 57–68
• Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎^[2], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 78, footnote 15
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rēg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Anagrams

• گیر
• رگی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریگ (rēg).

Noun

ریگ • (reg) f (Hindi spelling रेग)

1. sand

Synonyms

• ریت (ret)

Related terms

• ریگستان (registān)