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قشنگ

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See also: فشنگ

Khalaj

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Adjective

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قَشَنگ (qəşəng)

  1. Arabic spelling of qəşəng (beautiful, pretty, handsome)

Persian

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Etymology

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From Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, beautiful), related to Proto-Iranian *gr̥šáti (to rejoice, be happy).[1]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qašang
Dari reading? qašang
Iranian reading? ğašang
Tajik reading? qašang
  • (Hamadan) IPA(key): [ɢeˈʃæŋɡ]

Adjective

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Dari قشنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik қашанг

قَشَنْگ (ğašang) (comparative قَشَنْگ‌تَر (ğašang-tar), superlative قَشَنْگ‌تَرین (ğašang-tarin))

  1. beautiful
    Synonyms: زیبا (zibâ), خوشگل (xošgel)
  2. lovely
  3. pretty

Inflection

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    Predicative forms of قشنگ (qašang)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
قشنگم
(qašangam)
قشنگیم
(qašangim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
قشنگی
(qašangi)
قشنگید
(qašangid)
قشنگین
(qašangin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
قشنگ است
(qašang ast)
قشنگه
(qašange)
قشنگند
(qašangand)
قشنگن
(qašangan)
Colloquial.
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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: qəşəng
    • Armenian: ղաշանգ (ġašang)
  • Khalaj: qəşəng
  • Turkish: kaşenk
  • Urdu: قَشَن٘گ (qaśaṅg)

References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 195

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian قَشَنْگ (qašang, beautiful, lovely), ultimately from Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, beautiful).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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قَشَن٘گ (qaśaṅg) (Hindi spelling क़शंग)

  1. attractive, good-looking; beautiful
  2. pleasant, agreeable
  3. excellent, superb

References

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  • قشنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قشنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.