قشنگ

See also: فشنگ

Khalaj

Adjective

قَشَنگ (qəşəng)

1. Arabic spelling of qəşəng (“beautiful, pretty, handsome”)

Persian

Etymology

From Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”), Northern Luri خشںݩ (xşəŋ), related to Proto-Iranian *gr̥šáti (“to rejoice, be happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qa.ˈʃanɡ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃáŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃáŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃáŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃáŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.ʃǽɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃáŋɡ]

• Rhymes: -anɡ

Readings
Classical reading?	qašang
Dari reading?	qašang
Iranian reading?	ġašang
Tajik reading?	qašang

• (Hamadan) IPA^(key): [ɢeˈʃæŋɡ]

Adjective

قَشَنْگ • (qašang / ġašang) (comparative قَشَنْگ‌تَر, superlative قَشَنْگ‌تَرین, Tajik spelling қашанг)

1. beautiful

   Synonyms: زیبا (zibâ), خوشگل (xošgel), خجیر (xojir)

2. lovely
3. pretty

Inflection

Predicative forms of قشنگ (qašang)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	قشنگم (qašangam)	قشنگیم (qašangim)
2nd person (“you are”)	قشنگی (qašangi)	قشنگید، قشنگین△ (qašangid, qašangin△)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	قشنگ است، قشنگه△ (qašang ast, qašange△)	قشنگند، قشنگن△ (qašangand, qašangan△)

^△ Colloquial.

Related terms

• قَشَنْگی (qašangi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəşəng
  • → Armenian: ղաշանգ (ġašang)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़शंग (qaśaṅg)

  Urdu: قَشَن٘گ (qaśaṅg)

• → Khalaj: qəşəng
• → Turkmen: kaşaň

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “قشنگ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “قشنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian قَشَنْگ (qašang, “beautiful, lovely”), ultimately from Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.ʃəŋɡ/

Adjective

قَشَن٘گ • (qaśaṅg) (Hindi spelling क़शंग)

1. attractive, good-looking; beautiful
2. pleasant, agreeable
3. excellent, superb

References

• “قشنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “قشنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.