رگ

See also: رک and زك

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian lk' (rag), from Proto-Iranian *HraháH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrasáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫡𐫃 (rg /⁠rag⁠/), Khotanese [script needed] (rrā-) and Old Armenian երակ (erak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [räɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rag
Dari reading?	rag
Iranian reading?	rag
Tajik reading?	rag

Noun

رگ • (rag) (plural رگ‌ها)

1. blood vessel; arteries, capillaries or veins.
   • 2025, “مثل مریضی [Like a Sickness]”, performed by از شنبه:

     دنبالت میگردم هر جایی میرم / هر چقد دورتر نمیری از یادم / مثل زخمای تنم ریشه‌ی وجودم/ مثل مریضی از توی رگ‌هام/ دیگه پاک نمیشی هر جایی میرم

     donbalet migardam har jâyi miram / har čeqad durtar nemiri az yâdam / mesl-e zaxmâ-ye tanam riše-ye vojudam / mesl-e marizi az tu-ye raghâm / dige pâk nemiši har jâyi miram

     I'll come after you wherever I go / however farther you won't leave my memory / like the wounds of my body, the root of my existence / like a sickness from the inside of my veins / you won't be erased anymore wherever I go

Derived terms

• سرخرگ (sorxrag)
• سیاهرگ (siyâhrag)
• شاهرگ (šâhrag)
• رگ‌شناسی (rag-šenâsi)
• رگ‌نگاری (rag-negâri)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَگ (rag).

Noun

رَگ • (rag) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਗ)

1. (anatomy) blood vessel, artery or vein

Declension

Declension of رگ

	singular	plural
direct	رَگ (rag)	رَگاں (ragāṉ)
oblique	رَگ (rag)	رَگاں (ragāṉ)
vocative	رَگے (rage)	رَگو (rago)
ablative	رَگوں (ragoṉ)	—
locative	رَگی (ragī)	رَگِیں (ragīṉ)
instrumental	رَگے (rage)	رَگِیں (ragīṉ)