قشنگ

See also: فشنگ‎

Persian

Etymology

From Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”).

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

  • (Hamadan) IPA(key): /ɢeˈʃæŋɡ/

Adjective

قشنگ • (qašang) (comparative قشنگ‌تَر‎ (qašang-tar), superlative قشنگ‌تَرین‎ (qašang-tarin))

  1. beautiful
  2. lovely
  3. pretty

Inflection
    Predicative forms of قشنگ (qašang)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)		 قشنگم‎
(qašangam)		 قشنگیم‎
(qašangim)
2nd person
(“you are”)		 قشنگی‎
(qašangi)		 قشنگید‎
(qašangid)
قشنگین‎ △
(qašangin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)		 قشنگ است‎
(qašang ast)
قشنگه‎ △
(qašange)		 قشنگند‎
(qašangand)
قشنگن‎ △
(qašangan)
△ Colloquial.

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: qəşəng
    • → Armenian: ղաշանգ (łašang)
  • → Urdu: قشنگ‎ (qašang)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian قشنگ‎ (qašang, “beautiful, lovely”), ultimately from Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

قشنگ • (qašang) ?

  1. attractive, good-looking; beautiful
  2. pleasant, agreeable
  3. excellent, superb

References
  • “قشنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “قشنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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