দেরেঙ্গ

See also: দেরেগ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• দিরঙ্গ (dirôṅgô)
• দেরঙ্গ (derôṅgô)

Etymology

Corrupted form of earlier দেরঙ্গ (derôṅgô) which is from Classical Persian درنگ (derang), from Middle Persian dlng' (drang, “period, duration”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *drangah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drangʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”) (whence also English long).

Noun

দেরেঙ্গ • (dereṅgô) (objective দেরেঙ্গ (dereṅgo) or দেরেঙ্গকে (dereṅgoke), genitive দেরেঙ্গের (dereṅger), locative দেরেঙ্গে (dereṅge) or দেরেঙ্গতে (dereṅgotoe))

1. lateness, tardiness, slowness
2. delay

   Synonym: দেরী (derī)

   এটু দেরেঙ্গ করেন আপনারা যে আরও ক’জন মুসল্লি আসতিছেন।

   eṭu dereṅgô kôren apnara je aro kô’jôn musôlli aśtichen.

   Can you all delay for a bit as a few worshippers are coming.

   - Qazi Imdadul Haq

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “দেরেঙ্গ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “দেরেঙ্গ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh