ژەنگ

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian زنگ (zang), and Armenian ժանգ (žang), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaŋɡ/
• Hyphenation: ژەنگ

Noun

Northern Kurdish	jeng

ژەنگ (jeng)

1. rust (metal)
2. (botany) rust

Derived terms

• ژەنگار (jengar)
• ژەنگاسن (jengasin)
• ژەنگن (jengin)
• ژەنگی (jengî)

References

• Hejar (1990) “ژەنگ”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 401
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “jeng”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 70