zang

From Middle Dutch sanc, from Old Dutch sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Doublet of song.

• IPA^(key): /zɑŋ/

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• Hyphenation: zang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

zang m (uncountable, diminutive zangetje n)

1. singing, song

• beurtzang
• gemeentezang
• kerkzang
• koorzang
• lofzang
• samenzang
• volkszang
• zanger
• zangles
• zanglijster
• zangmicrofoon
• zangschool
• zangstem
• zwanenzang

• song
• zingen

• Afrikaans: sang
• Negerhollands: san, sang, sing, siṅ

zang

1. Nonstandard spelling of zāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zǎng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zàng.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

zang

1. (Kent) Alternative form of song

zang ?

1. cave, grotto

Borrowed from Tibetan གཙང (gtsang). Also compare Mandarin 藏 (zàng).

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɑ̃]

zang

1. Central Tibet

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

zang

1. past participle of zing
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:

     A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,

     A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 100