گرنگ

Brahui

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Iranian. Compare Baluchi [script needed] (garanč), Persian گره (gereh, “knot”).

Noun

گِرِنْگ (giriṅg)

  1. knot
  2. knot in wood
  3. mental difficulty

References

  • Bray, Denys (1934), “giring”, in The Brahui Language‎[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 116

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan or Northwestern Iranian. Compare Sindhi گِهِرَڻُ (gihiraṇu, “to drag”), Saraiki گھیلݨ (ghīlaṇ), Baluchi [script needed] (gilag). The ultimate source is uncertain; compare Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to rub”).

Verb

گِرِّنْگ (girriṅg)

  1. to drag along, drag off

References

  • Bray, Denys (1934), “girring”, in The Brahui Language‎[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 117

Persian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? girang

Adjective

گرنگ • (girang) (comparative گرنگ‌تر, superlative گرنگ‌ترین)

  1. (Dari) colloquial form of گران (“heavy”)

Further reading

  • Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “گرنگ”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 300
  • “گرنگ”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
  • “گرنگ”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013
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