خنگ

See also: خنک, چنگ, حنك, جنک, جنگ, جنك, and جنګ

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈxinɡ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɪŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɪŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɪŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xiŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xeɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χiŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xing
Dari reading?	xing
Iranian reading?	xeng
Tajik reading?	xing

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hangistaz, and thereby with German Hengst. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

خنگ • (xing / xeng) (Tajik spelling хинг)

1. horse

   Synonym: اسب (asb)

2. white horse

   Synonyms: چرمه (čarma / čarme), الوس (alūs / alus)

3. gray horse

Etymology 2

Adjective

خنگ • (xing / xeng) (Tajik spelling хинг)

1. dumb, stupid

Descendants

• → Armenian: խենգ (xeng)
• → Azerbaijani: xing

Further reading

• Lazard, Gilbert (1990), “خنگ”, in Dictionnaire persan-français, page 165b
• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “خنگ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 729a