دنگل

From Proto-Turkic *tenggel, *deŋgil (“axle”).

دنگل • (dingil)

1. axle

• دینگل‎ (dingil), دینگیل‎ (dingil)

• Turkish: dingil
• → Egyptian Arabic: دنجل‎ (dingil, dungul)
• → Armenian: տինկիլ (tinkil)

A popular blend of ازگیل‎ (ezgil, “medlar”) with the stem of دونمك‎ (dönmek, “to turn around”), the fruit being reminiscent of round forms in several ways.

دنگل • (döngel, düngel, düngül)

1. medlar (fruit and tree)

• دونگل‎ (döngel)

• Turkish: döngel, töngel

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دنگل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2149
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Mespilum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1043

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دنگل • (dangel, dengel)

1. disproportionate, of inconcinnous shape
2. impudent, of rude manners
3. foolish, fatuous

دنگل • (dangel, dengel)

1. wittol, cuckold privy to his wife's infidelity

From دنگ‎ (“knee”), derived from Old Persian *danu-, from Proto-Iranian *jā́nu. Doublet of زنگار‎. Compare زانو‎ (“knee”), Ossetian зæнг (zæng, “shin”)[1].[2]

دنگل • (dangal)

1. sitting knee to knee

• دنگادنگ‎ (dang-a-dang)

دنگل • (dangal)

1. crowd

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दंगल (daṅgal, “arena”), दंगा (daṅgā, “riot; disturbance”)

  Urdu: دنگل‎ (daṅgal, “arena”), دنگا‎ (dangā, “riot; disturbance”)

• Henning, Walter Bruno (1940), “Sogdica”, in Selected Papers (Acta Iranica; 15), volume 2, Teheran-Liège / Leiden: Bibliothèque Pahlavi / E. J. Brill, published 1977, →ISBN, page 50
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دنگل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2149
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “دنگل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “دنگل”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 914