"چنگ" meaning in Persian

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Noun

IPA: [t͡ʃanɡ] [Classical-Persian], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ] [Kabuli], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ̥] (note: Hazaragi), [t͡ʃʰæɲɡʲ̥] [Iran, formal], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: čang [romanization], چنگها [plural], چنگان [plural]
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Compare English hook; also related to Old Armenian ճանկ (čank), Middle Georgian ჭანგი (č̣angi), Iranian borrowings. Etymology templates: {{der|fa|ine-pro|*kog-}} Proto-Indo-European *kog-, {{m|ine-pro|*keg-}} *keg-, {{m|ine-pro|*keng-|t=peg, hook, claw}} *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”), {{cog|en|hook}} English hook, {{cog|xcl|ճանկ}} Old Armenian ճանկ (čank), {{cog|ka-mid|ჭანგი}} Middle Georgian ჭანგი (č̣angi) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|چنگها|or|چنگان|||f1tr=čang-hâ|f2tr=čangân|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=čang|tr2=|tr3=}} چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ) or چنگان (čangân)), {{fa-noun|pl=چنگها|pl2=چنگان|tr=čang}} چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ) or چنگان (čangân))
  1. claw, talon
    Sense id: en-چنگ-fa-noun-mmOy388w Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 2 34 24
  2. clutch, embrace
    Sense id: en-چنگ-fa-noun-OQasNeWC
  3. (dialectal, literary) hand, finger Tags: dialectal, literary
    Sense id: en-چنگ-fa-noun-qNs~qu5A
  4. (dialectal, literary) beak Tags: dialectal, literary
    Sense id: en-چنگ-fa-noun-1lYgdD52 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 2 34 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: چنگک (čangak), چنگار (čangâr), چنگال (čangâl), چنگله (čangale)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [t͡ʃanɡ] [Classical-Persian], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ] [Kabuli], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ̥] (note: Hazaragi), [t͡ʃʰæɲɡʲ̥] [Iran, formal], [t͡ʃʰäŋɡ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: čang [romanization], چنگها [plural]
Etymology: Possibly related to the meaning of “claw” and “talon”, from Middle Persian [script needed] (cng /⁠čang⁠/, “harp”). Cognate to Parthian [Manichaean needed] (šng /⁠šang⁠/, “harp”), Sogdian [Manichaean needed] (cyngry’ /⁠čingaryā⁠/), [Manichaean needed] (cngry’ /⁠čangaryā⁠/, “(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp”); also related to Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj), a Middle Persian borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|fa|pal|t=harp|tr=cng|ts=čang}} Middle Persian [script needed] (cng /⁠čang⁠/, “harp”), {{cog|xpr|sc=Mani|t=harp|tr=šng|ts=šang}} Parthian [Manichaean needed] (šng /⁠šang⁠/, “harp”), {{cog|sog|sc=Mani|tr=cyngry’|ts=čingaryā}} Sogdian [Manichaean needed] (cyngry’ /⁠čingaryā⁠/), {{m|sog|sc=Mani|t=(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp|tr=cngry’|ts=čangaryā}} [Manichaean needed] (cngry’ /⁠čangaryā⁠/, “(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp”), {{cog|ar|صَنْج}} Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|چنگها|||||f1tr=čang-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=čang|tr2=|tr3=}} چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=چنگها|tr=čang}} چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ))
  1. (music) lyre, harp Categories (topical): Musical instruments Related terms: چنگی (čangi), چنگزن (čang-zan)
    Sense id: en-چنگ-fa-noun-fa:lyre Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 2 34 24 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: چنگله (čangale)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "չանգ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: չանգ (čʿang)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: չանգ (čʿang)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "cəng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: cəng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: cəng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "çəng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: çəng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: çəng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "چنك",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "çenk"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kog-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kog-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*keg-"
      },
      "expansion": "*keg-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*keng-",
        "t": "peg, hook, claw"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hook"
      },
      "expansion": "English hook",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ճանկ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ճանկ (čank)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ka-mid",
        "2": "ჭანგი"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Georgian ჭანგი (č̣angi)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Compare English hook; also related to Old Armenian ճանկ (čank), Middle Georgian ჭანგი (č̣angi), Iranian borrowings.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čang",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چنگها",
      "roman": "čang-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چنگان",
      "roman": "čangân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "چنگها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "چنگان",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "čang-hâ",
        "f2tr": "čangân",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "čang",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ) or چنگان (čangân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "چنگها",
        "pl2": "چنگان",
        "tr": "čang"
      },
      "expansion": "چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ) or چنگان (čangân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "čangak",
      "word": "چنگک"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "čangâr",
      "word": "چنگار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "čangâl",
      "word": "چنگال"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "čangale",
      "word": "چنگله"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 9 2 34 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "claw, talon"
      ],
      "id": "en-چنگ-fa-noun-mmOy388w",
      "links": [
        [
          "claw",
          "claw"
        ],
        [
          "talon",
          "talon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clutch, embrace"
      ],
      "id": "en-چنگ-fa-noun-OQasNeWC",
      "links": [
        [
          "clutch",
          "clutch"
        ],
        [
          "embrace",
          "embrace"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "hand, finger"
      ],
      "id": "en-چنگ-fa-noun-qNs~qu5A",
      "links": [
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, literary) hand, finger"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 9 2 34 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beak"
      ],
      "id": "en-چنگ-fa-noun-1lYgdD52",
      "links": [
        [
          "beak",
          "beak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, literary) beak"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃanɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰæɲɡʲ̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:چنگ"
  ],
  "word": "چنگ"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "جَنْك",
            "3": "جُنْك",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: جَنْك (jank), جُنْك (junk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: جَنْك (jank), جُنْك (junk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "çəng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: çəng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: çəng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "စောင်း",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: စောင်း (caung:)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: စောင်း (caung:)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mnw",
            "2": "စံၚ်",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mon: စံၚ်",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mon: စံၚ်"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ჩანგი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ჩანგი (čangi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ჩანგი (čangi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "چنك",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "çenk, çeng"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk, çeng)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk, çeng)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "çenk",
            "3": "çeng"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: çenk, çeng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: çenk, çeng"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "t": "harp",
        "tr": "cng",
        "ts": "čang"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (cng /⁠čang⁠/, “harp”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpr",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "t": "harp",
        "tr": "šng",
        "ts": "šang"
      },
      "expansion": "Parthian [Manichaean needed] (šng /⁠šang⁠/, “harp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "tr": "cyngry’",
        "ts": "čingaryā"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [Manichaean needed] (cyngry’ /⁠čingaryā⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "t": "(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp",
        "tr": "cngry’",
        "ts": "čangaryā"
      },
      "expansion": "[Manichaean needed] (cngry’ /⁠čangaryā⁠/, “(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "صَنْج"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly related to the meaning of “claw” and “talon”, from Middle Persian [script needed] (cng /⁠čang⁠/, “harp”). Cognate to Parthian [Manichaean needed] (šng /⁠šang⁠/, “harp”), Sogdian [Manichaean needed] (cyngry’ /⁠čingaryā⁠/), [Manichaean needed] (cngry’ /⁠čangaryā⁠/, “(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp”); also related to Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj), a Middle Persian borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čang",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چنگها",
      "roman": "čang-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "چنگها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "čang-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "čang",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "چنگها",
        "tr": "čang"
      },
      "expansion": "چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "čangale",
      "word": "چنگله"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Musical instruments",
          "orig": "fa:Musical instruments",
          "parents": [
            "Music",
            "Tools",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Technology",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 9 2 34 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lyre, harp"
      ],
      "id": "en-چنگ-fa-noun-fa:lyre",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "lyre",
          "lyre"
        ],
        [
          "harp",
          "harp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) lyre, harp"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "čangi",
          "word": "چنگی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "čang-zan",
          "word": "چنگزن"
        }
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "fa:lyre"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃanɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰæɲɡʲ̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:چنگ"
  ],
  "word": "چنگ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Manichaean script for Parthian terms",
    "Requests for Manichaean script for Sogdian terms",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "չանգ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: չանգ (čʿang)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: չանգ (čʿang)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "cəng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: cəng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: cəng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "çəng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: çəng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: çəng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "چنك",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "çenk"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kog-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kog-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*keg-"
      },
      "expansion": "*keg-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*keng-",
        "t": "peg, hook, claw"
      },
      "expansion": "*keng- (“peg, hook, claw”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hook"
      },
      "expansion": "English hook",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ճանկ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ճանկ (čank)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ka-mid",
        "2": "ჭანგი"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Georgian ჭანგი (č̣angi)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Compare English hook; also related to Old Armenian ճանկ (čank), Middle Georgian ჭანგი (č̣angi), Iranian borrowings.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čang",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چنگها",
      "roman": "čang-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چنگان",
      "roman": "čangân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "چنگها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "چنگان",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "čang-hâ",
        "f2tr": "čangân",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "čang",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ) or چنگان (čangân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "چنگها",
        "pl2": "چنگان",
        "tr": "čang"
      },
      "expansion": "چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ) or چنگان (čangân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "čangak",
      "word": "چنگک"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čangale",
      "word": "چنگله"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čangâr",
      "word": "چنگار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čangâl",
      "word": "چنگال"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "claw, talon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "claw",
          "claw"
        ],
        [
          "talon",
          "talon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clutch, embrace"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clutch",
          "clutch"
        ],
        [
          "embrace",
          "embrace"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian dialectal terms",
        "Persian literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hand, finger"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, literary) hand, finger"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian dialectal terms",
        "Persian literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beak",
          "beak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, literary) beak"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃanɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰæɲɡʲ̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:چنگ"
  ],
  "word": "چنگ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Manichaean script for Parthian terms",
    "Requests for Manichaean script for Sogdian terms",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "جَنْك",
            "3": "جُنْك",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: جَنْك (jank), جُنْك (junk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: جَنْك (jank), جُنْك (junk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "çəng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: çəng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: çəng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "စောင်း",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: စောင်း (caung:)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: စောင်း (caung:)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mnw",
            "2": "စံၚ်",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mon: စံၚ်",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mon: စံၚ်"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ჩანგი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ჩანგი (čangi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ჩანგი (čangi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "چنك",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "çenk, çeng"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk, çeng)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk, çeng)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "çenk",
            "3": "çeng"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: çenk, çeng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: çenk, çeng"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "t": "harp",
        "tr": "cng",
        "ts": "čang"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (cng /⁠čang⁠/, “harp”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpr",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "t": "harp",
        "tr": "šng",
        "ts": "šang"
      },
      "expansion": "Parthian [Manichaean needed] (šng /⁠šang⁠/, “harp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "tr": "cyngry’",
        "ts": "čingaryā"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [Manichaean needed] (cyngry’ /⁠čingaryā⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "t": "(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp",
        "tr": "cngry’",
        "ts": "čangaryā"
      },
      "expansion": "[Manichaean needed] (cngry’ /⁠čangaryā⁠/, “(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "صَنْج"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly related to the meaning of “claw” and “talon”, from Middle Persian [script needed] (cng /⁠čang⁠/, “harp”). Cognate to Parthian [Manichaean needed] (šng /⁠šang⁠/, “harp”), Sogdian [Manichaean needed] (cyngry’ /⁠čingaryā⁠/), [Manichaean needed] (cngry’ /⁠čangaryā⁠/, “(a kind of) musical instrument, (a kind of) harp”); also related to Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj), a Middle Persian borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čang",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چنگها",
      "roman": "čang-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "چنگها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "čang-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "čang",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "چنگها",
        "tr": "čang"
      },
      "expansion": "چنگ • (čang) (plural چنگها (čang-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "čangale",
      "word": "چنگله"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čangi",
      "word": "چنگی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čang-zan",
      "word": "چنگزن"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "fa:Musical instruments"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lyre, harp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "lyre",
          "lyre"
        ],
        [
          "harp",
          "harp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) lyre, harp"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "fa:lyre"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃanɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰæɲɡʲ̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰäŋɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:چنگ"
  ],
  "word": "چنگ"
}

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