Tang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Tangut, French tangoute, or Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠᠩᠭᠤᠳ (tangɣud).

Symbol

Tang

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Tangut.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæŋ/, /tɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 唐 (Táng).

Alternative forms

• T'ang, Tʻang (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• enPR: täng

Proper noun

Tang

1. The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
   • 2023 October 26, “Australia returns three smuggled historical artifacts to China”, in EFE‎^[2], sourced from Sydney, Australia (EFE), archived from the original on 26 October 2023, Culture, Latest news‎^[3]:

     The two sculptures, which were part of religious rites, belong to the Tang dynasty, which ruled between 618 and 907 AD and is considered a golden period of the Chinese civilization.

2. The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
   • 2000, Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century‎^[4], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:

     Empress Liu (ca. 890-926 A.D.), whose birthplace was Chenan in Wei (now Chenan county, Hebei province), was the wife of Li Cunxu, who reigned as Emperor Zhuangzong, during the Tang dynasty.

3. A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
4. Any of a number of places in China.
   1. A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
      • 1996, Jasper Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine‎^[5], The Free Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 328:

        A biography of Hu claims that Hu's attitudes changed in 1961, after he was sent to supervise agricultural policy changes in Tang county, Hebei province.

5. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

See also

• Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Later Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Southern Tang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 湯 / 汤 (Tāng).

Alternative forms

• T'ang (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Cantonese 滕 (tang4).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Cantonese 鄧 / 邓 (dang6).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Teochew 陳 / 陈 (dang5).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Hokkien 董 (táng).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow, tight”).

Proper noun

Tang

1. Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.

Anagrams

• Gant, Gnat, gnat

Danish

Proper noun

Tang

1. a surname

German

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang, from Proto-Germanic *þanga, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to thicken, be solid”), related to Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taŋ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)

1. seaweed

Declension

Declension of Tang [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tang	die	Tange
genitive	eines	des	Tangs	der	Tange
dative	einem	dem	Tang	den	Tangen
accusative	einen	den	Tang	die	Tange

Derived terms

• Knorpeltang
• Seetang

Further reading

• “Tang” in Duden online
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1068”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068
• “Tang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Cantonese 鄧／邓 (Dang⁴). Doublet of Teng.

Proper noun

Tang

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 董 (Táng).

Proper noun

Tang

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Tagalog

Etymology

From either Mandarin 唐 (táng) or Hokkien 董 (táng).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ/ [ˈt̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: Tang

Proper noun

Tang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔)

1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin or Hokkien