See تنگ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "[t̪ʰʊŋɡ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t̪ʰʊŋɡ]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t̪ʰuŋɡ̥]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[t̪ʰoɲɡʲ̥]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t̪ʰuŋɡ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"word": "تنگ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms borrowed from Chagatai",
"Persian terms derived from Chagatai",
"Persian terms derived from Chinese",
"fa:Tools",
"fa:Units of measure",
"fa:Vessels"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "chg",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Chagatai",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "zh",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Chinese",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "等",
"2": "equal; sort, type, etc."
},
"expansion": "等 (MC tojX|tongX, “equal; sort, type, etc.”)",
"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "戥",
"2": "small steelyard for weighing money and similar items"
},
"expansion": "戥 (“small steelyard for weighing money and similar items”)",
"name": "ltc-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Via Chagatai from Chinese 等 (MC tojX|tongX, “equal; sort, type, etc.”), or specifically 戥 (“small steelyard for weighing money and similar items”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "teng",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "دنگ",
"roman": "deng, dang",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "teng, tang",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "تنگ • (teng, tang)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"tr": "teng, tang"
},
"expansion": "تنگ • (teng, tang)",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a bundle on one half of a beast of burden, package, ass-load"
],
"links": [
[
"bundle",
"bundle"
],
[
"beast of burden",
"beast of burden"
],
[
"package",
"package"
],
[
"ass-load",
"assload"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a girth, a strap, a band, a brace"
],
"links": [
[
"girth",
"girth"
],
[
"strap",
"strap"
],
[
"band",
"band"
],
[
"brace",
"brace"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a wooden instrument with iron teeth used in separating rice from the chaff"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a machine for making powder"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an oil-press"
],
"links": [
[
"oil-press",
"oil-press"
]
]
}
],
"word": "تنگ"
}
Download raw JSONL data for تنگ meaning in Persian (7.9kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: tang",
"path": [
"تنگ"
],
"section": "Persian",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "تنگ",
"trace": ""
}
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