سنگ

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *Hacangáh.

Noun edit

سنگ • (sang, sing)

1. stone

Alternative forms edit

• Nayini: سینگ (sēng)

Etymology edit

From Old Median *asangáh, from Proto-Iranian *Hacangáh.

Pronunciation edit

• (Gazi, Kafroni, Sedehi) IPA^(key): /sɑŋɡ/
• (Kese'i, Khunsari, Mahallati, Meyme'i, Qohrudi, Vonishuni, Zefre'i) IPA^(key): /seŋɡ/
• (Soi) IPA^(key): /sæŋɡ/

Noun edit

سنگ (seng, sang, säng)

1. stone

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian KYPA / sng (sang, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سنگ • (sang) (plural سنگ‌ها (sang-hâ))

1. stone, rock
2. tombstone
3. (archaic) authority, dignity

Synonyms edit

• ریگ (rêg)
• حجر (hajar) (archaic)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

• Coptic: ⲃⲁⲥⲛϭ (basnc)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: संग (saṅg)

  Urdu: سنگ (saṅg)

• Ottoman Turkish: سنگ (seng)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸੰਗ (saṅg)

  Shahmukhi script: سنگ (saṅg)

References edit

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “sang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 74
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) “sam̥gga-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 417a
• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 210
• Kent, Roland G. (1950) “aθaⁿga-”, in Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 166

Etymology 2 edit

Deverbal noun of سنجیدن (sanjidan) or سختن (saxtan, “to weigh, compare”).

Noun edit

سنگ • (sang)

1. (dated) weight
2. (dated) value, worth, price

Derived terms edit

• همسنگ (hamsang, “equivalent”)

Etymology 1 edit

From Classical Persian سنگ (sang, “stone”).

Pronunciation edit

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səŋɡ/

Noun edit

سَن٘گ • (saṅg) m (Hindi spelling संग)

1. stone

   Synonym: پَتَّھر (patthar)

2. weight

Derived terms edit

• سَنْگ ساز (sang-sāz, “stone-cutter”)
• سَنْگ سازی (sang-sāzī, “stone-cutting”)
• سَنْگ ریزَہ (sang-reza, “gravel”)
• سَنْگ بَسْتَہ (sang-basta, “rocky”)

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit सङ्ग (saṅga).

Pronunciation edit

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səŋɡ/

Adverb edit

سَن٘گ • (saṅg) (Hindi spelling संग or सङ्ग)

1. collectively
2. together

Noun edit

سَن٘گ • (saṅg) m (Hindi spelling संग or सङ्ग)

1. association, union; company
2. confluence, coherence; contact, connection
3. friendship; love
4. intimacy
5. intercourse

References edit

• “سنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سنگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “سنگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.