ریگ

See also: زیگ

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian lyk' (rēg, “sand”).

Noun

Dari	ریگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рег

ریگ • (rêg) (plural ریگ‌ها (rêg-hâ))

1. sand
2. gravel

Derived terms

• ریگستان (rêgestân)
• ریگزار (rêgzâr)
• ریگ‌بوم (rêg-bum)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ریگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rēg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Anagrams

• گیر
• رگی

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian ریگ (rēg).

Noun

ریگ • (reg) f (Hindi spelling रेग)

1. sand

Synonyms

• ریت (ret) (ret)

Related terms

• ریگستان (registān)