بنگ

بنگ

See also: بنك‎, تنك‎, تنک‎, and تنگ‎

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢‎ (ʿʾng /vâng/)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”); compare Northern Kurdish bang, Persian بانگ‎ (bâng), English bang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bonɡ/

Noun

بنگ (bong)

1. sound

References

1. William West, E. (1874). Glossary and Index of the Pahlavi Texts of the Book of Arda Viraf.

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭭𐭢‎ (bng /bang/, “henbane”). Cognate with Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baŋɡ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /baŋɡ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /bæŋɡ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /baŋɡ/

Noun

Dari	بنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	банг (bang)

بنگ • (bang)

1. hashish, narcotic made from Cannabis sativa

   Synonym: حشیش‎ (hašiš)

2. henbane, narcotic made from Hyoscyamus niger

   Synonym: بنگ‌دانه‎ (bangdâne)

Derived terms

• بنگاب‎ (bangâb)

Further reading

• G. Gnoli, ʿA.-A. Saʿīdī Sīrjānī (1988-12-15), “Bang”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York, retrieved 2019-11-13