تڑنگ

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Brahui

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate with Tamil தடி (taṭi, to cut down), Malayalam തടിയുക (taṭiyuka, to cut off).[1]

Verb

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تَڑِنْگ (taṛiṅg)

  1. to cut
  2. to cut off
  3. to cut down
  4. to slaughter, butch

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3029”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “taṛing”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 286
  • Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “taṛ-ing”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 728