گرنگ

Brahui

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Iranian. Compare Baluchi [script needed] (garanč), Persian گره (gereh, “knot”).

Noun

گِرِنْگ (giriṅg)

1. knot
2. knot in wood
3. mental difficulty

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “giring”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 116

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan or Northwestern Iranian. Compare Sindhi گِهِرَڻُ (gihiraṇu, “to drag”), Saraiki گھیلݨ (ghīlaṇ), Baluchi [script needed] (gilag). The ultimate source is uncertain; compare Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to rub”).

Verb

گِرِّنْگ (girriṅg)

1. to drag along, drag off

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “girring”, in The Brahui Language‎^[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 117

Persian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾäŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾäŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾäŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡi.ɾäŋɡ̥]

Readings
Dari reading?	girang

Adjective

گرنگ • (girang) (comparative گرنگ‌تر, superlative گرنگ‌ترین)

1. (Dari) colloquial form of گران (“heavy”)

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “گرنگ”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 300
• “گرنگ”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
• “گرنگ”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013