کلنگ

See also: كلنك

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (to beat, strike, break). Compare کلند (koland).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /kʊˈlaŋɡ~kʊˈlʊŋɡ/

    Noun

    کلنگ (kolang, kolong)

    1. pickaxe
    Derived terms
    • خانه کلنگی (xâne-ye kolangi)
    Descendants
    • Armenian: քլունգ (kʿlung, pickaxe)
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: كلنك (külünk, külüng, pickaxe) [since 13th century]
      • Azerbaijani: külüng
      • Ottoman Turkish: كلنك (külünk), كولونك (külünk)
        • Turkish: külünk

    Etymology 2

    Middle Persian [script needed] (klng /kulang/), possibly a remnant of a formation from the Proto-Indo-European root *gerh₂-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

    Cognate with Northern Kurdish quling, Northern Luri [script needed] (qołeńg, قولٛنڳ)

    Noun

    کلنگ (kolang, kolong) (plural کلنگ‌ها (kolang, kolong-hâ) or کلنگان (kolang, kolongân))

    1. (archaic, Dari) crane (bird)

    References

    • Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13), Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, page 150
    • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), کلنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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