درنگ
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Persian dlng' (drang, “period, duration”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *drangah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drangʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”), see there for cognates.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [di.ɾanɡ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪e.ɹæɲɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪i.ɾäŋɡ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | dirang |
Dari reading? | dirang |
Iranian reading? | derang |
Tajik reading? | dirang |
Noun
[edit]Dari | درنگ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | диранг |
درنگ • (derang) (plural درنگها (derang-hâ))
- delay
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2736:
- سالم از دزدان و از آسیب سنگ
برد تا دار الخلافه بیدرنگ- sālim az duzdān u az āsēb-i-sang
burd tā dāru l-xilāfa bē-dirang - He bore it without delay, safe from robbers and unhurt by stones, to the seat of the Caliphate (the Caliph's palace).
- sālim az duzdān u az āsēb-i-sang
- hesitation, hesitancy
- postponement
- slowness
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Bengali: দেরেঙ্গ (dereṅgo)
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- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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