ریگ

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See also: زیگ

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lyk' /⁠rēg⁠/, sand). According to Korn, ultimately inherited from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (to flow).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? rēg
Dari reading? rēg
Iranian reading? rig
Tajik reading? reg

Noun[edit]

Dari ریگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik рег

ریگ (rig) (plural ریگ‌ها (rig-hâ))

  1. sand
  2. gravel

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ریگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  • Blažek, Václav (2015), “‘River’ and ‘sand’ in Slavic and Indo-European context”, in Etymological Research into Old Church Slavonic: Proceedings of the Etymological Symposium Brno 2014, 9–11 September 2014, Brno[1], Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, pages 57–68
  • Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎[2], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 78, footnote 15
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “rēg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Anagrams[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریگ (rēg).

Noun[edit]

ریگ (regf (Hindi spelling रेग)

  1. sand

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]