سوانگ
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀲𑀯𑀸𑀁𑀕 (*savāṃga), from Sanskrit *समाङ्ग (samāṅga), from सम (samá) + अङ्ग (áṅga). Cognate with Marathi सोंग (soṅga), Gujarati સોંગ (soṅg), સ્વાંગ (svā̃g), Punjabi ਸਾਂਗ (sāṅg) / سانگ (sāng), ਸ੍ਵਾਂਗ (svāṅg), ਸਵਾਂਗ (savāṅg) / سوانگ (soāng), Odia ସୁଆଙ୍ଗ (suāṅga).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sʋɑːŋɡ/
Noun
[edit]سْوَان٘گ • (svāṅg) m (Hindi spelling स्वाँग)
- imitation, mimicry
- disguise
- a sham, farce, pretence
- a drama, folk-drama
- a part in a play, a character, role
- clowning
Declension
[edit]| Declension of سوانگ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | سْوَانْگ (svāṅg) | سْوَانْگ (svāṅg) | ||||||
| oblique | سْوَانْگ (svāṅg) | سْوَانْگوں (svāṅgõ) | ||||||
| vocative | سْوَانْگ (svāṅg) | سْوَانْگو (svāṅgo) | ||||||
References
[edit]- “سَوان٘گ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- John Shakespear (1834) “سوانگ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.S. W. Fallon (1879) “سوانگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co. - Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سوانگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “samāṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press