تنگنا

Persian

Alternative forms

• تنگنای (tangnāy) (Classical Persian)

Etymology

تنگ (tang) +‎ نا (nâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tanɡ.ˈnɑːj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæɲɡʲ.nɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäŋɡ.nɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	tangnāy
Dari reading?	tangnā
Iranian reading?	tangnâ
Tajik reading?	tangno

Noun

تنگنا • (tangnâ)

1. tight place; defile, gorge, bottleneck
2. difficult circumstances

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تنگنا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim