𐫋𐫗𐫗𐫃

Middle Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.

Middle Persian 𐫋𐫗𐫗𐫃

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”). Compare Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jaṃhas, “moving; course”).

Noun

𐫋𐫗𐫗𐫃 • (jnng)

1. struggle
2. fight

Descendants

• Classical Persian: جَنْگ (jang)

  Iranian Persian: جنگ (jang)

  Tajik: ҷанг (jang)

References

• Nourai, Ali (2011), An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 157