مانگ

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːŋɡ/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	meh
Southern Kurdish	مانگ (mang)

مانگ (mang)

1. moon
2. month

Derived terms

• مانگانە (mangane)
• مانگیلە (mangîle)
• مانگەشەو (mangeşew)

 

References

• Kedajtene, Je. I., Mukriani, Kurdistan, Mitroxina, V. I. (1977) “луна”, in Kedajtene Je. I., editor, Učebnyj russko-kurdskij slovarʹ [Russian–Kurdish Learning Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 139a
• Hejar (1990) “مانگ”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 797
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “mang”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 88

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑːnɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑːŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑːŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔːŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒːɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	māng
Dari reading?	māng
Iranian reading?	mâng
Tajik reading?	mong

Noun

Dari	مانگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	монг

مانگ • (mâng)

1. moon

Derived terms

• مِه‌مانگ (meh-mâng)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مانگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Southern Kurdish

Noun

مانگ (mang)

1. (Kirmaşanî) moon

Urdu

Etymology

Deverbal from مانگنا (māṉgnā, “to request; ask; order”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑːŋɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːŋɡ

Noun

مَان٘گ • (māṅg) f (Hindi spelling माँग)

1. demand
2. ask, beg
3. ask (hand in marriage of a girl)

Declension

Declension of مانگ
	singular	plural
direct	مانگ (māṉg)	مانگیں (māṉgẽ)
oblique	مانگ (māṉg)	مانگوں (māṉgõ)
vocative	مانگ (māṉg)	مانگو (māṉgo)

Related terms

Related terms

• مانگتا (māṉgtā, “beggar”)
• مانگی (māṉgī, “demand; order”)
• منگیتر (maṉgetar, “fiancé”)

Further reading

• “مانگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مانگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مانگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.