ریگ

See also: زیگ‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lyk' /rēg/, “sand”). According to Korn, ultimately inherited from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɾeɡ/

Noun
Dari ریگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik рег (reg)

ریگ • (rêg) (plural ریگ‌ها‎ (rêg-hâ))

  1. sand
  2. gravel

Derived terms
  • ریگستان‎ (rêgestân)
  • ریگزار‎ (rêgzâr)
  • ریگ‌بوم‎ (rêg-bum)

References
  • Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ریگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  • Blažek, Václav (2015), “‘River’ and ‘sand’ in Slavic and Indo-European context”, in Etymological Research into Old Church Slavonic: Proceedings of the Etymological Symposium Brno 2014, 9–11 September 2014, Brno‎, Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, pages 57–68
  • Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 78, footnote 15
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “rēg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Anagrams

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ریگ‎ (rêg).

Noun

ریگ • (reg) f (Hindi spelling रेग)

  1. sand

Synonyms
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