ٹانگ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka), from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka). First attested as Middle Hindi ٿانگ (ṭang /⁠ṭang⁠/) / ٿنگ (ṭng /⁠ṭng⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʈɑːŋɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːŋɡ

Noun

ٹان٘گ • (ṭāṅg) f (Hindi spelling टाँग)

1. (anatomy) leg

Declension

Declension of ٹانگ
	singular	plural
direct	ٹانگ (ṭāṅg)	ٹانگیں (ṭāṅgẽ)
oblique	ٹانگ (ṭāṅg)	ٹانگوں (ṭāṅgõ)
vocative	ٹانگ (ṭāṅg)	ٹانگو (ṭāṅgo)

Further reading

• “ٹانگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ٹانگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ٹانگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ٿانگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 355
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “تَانگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 441
• John Shakespear (1834) “ٹانگ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṭaṅka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 301

Ushojo

Noun

ٹانگ (ṭāṅg)

1. island