پرغنگ

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Brahui

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Etymology

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Cognate with Tamil பிரி (piri, “to separate, part”).[1](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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پِرْغِنْگ (pirġiṅg)

  1. to break
  2. to rend
  3. to defeat
  4. to break into, burgle
  5. to transgress, disobey (orders, etc.)
  6. to solve (a riddle)
  7. to break in, discipline
  8. to shed (one's first teeth)
  9. to wink (one's eye)
  10. to droop in death (of the eye)
  11. to twist (especially a rope)
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References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4176”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “pirghing”, in The Brahui Language‎[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 238
  • Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “pirɣ-ing”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales‎[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 721
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