तमग़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تمغا (tamğā), itself a loanword from Chagatai. Compare Punjabi ਤਮਗ਼ਾ (tamġā), Tibetan ཐམ་ཀ (tham ka), Mongolian тамга (tamga), Georgian დამღა (damɣa), Turkish damga, Crimean Tatar tamğa, Bashkir тамға (tamğa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪əm.ɣɑː/, [t̪ɐ̃m.ɣäː], /t̪əm.ɡɑː/, [t̪ɐ̃m.ɡäː]

Noun

तमग़ा • (tamġā) m (Urdu spelling تمغا or تمغہ)

1. medal

   Synonym: पदक (padak)

2. brand, seal, stamp

Declension

Declension of तमग़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तमग़ा tamġā	तमग़े tamġe
oblique	तमग़े tamġe	तमग़ों tamġõ
vocative	तमग़े tamġe	तमग़ो tamġo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तमगा़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press