سوانگ
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀲𑀯𑀸𑀁𑀕 (*savāṃga), from Sanskrit *समाङ्ग (samāṅga), from सम (samá) + अङ्ग (áṅga). Cognate with Marathi सोंग (soṅga), Gujarati સોંગ (soṅg), સ્વાંગ (svā̃g), Punjabi ਸਾਂਗ (sāṅg) / سانگ (sāng), ਸ੍ਵਾਂਗ (svāṅg), ਸਵਾਂਗ (savāṅg) / سوانگ (soāng), Oriya ସୁଆଙ୍ଗ (suaṅgô).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sʋɑːŋɡ/
Noun
سْوَانْگ • (svāṅg) m (Hindi spelling स्वाँग)
- imitation, mimicry
- disguise
- a sham, farce, pretence
- a drama, folk-drama
- a part in a play, a character, role
- clowning
Declension
| Declension of سوانگ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | سْوَانْگ (svāṅg) | سْوَانْگ (svāṅg) |
| oblique | سْوَانْگ (svāṅg) | سْوَانْگوں (svāṅgō̃) |
| vocative | سْوَانْگ (svāṅg) | سْوَانْگو (svāṅgō) |
References
- “سَوان٘گ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- John Shakespear (1834), “سوانگ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, OCLC 875051092
- S. W. Fallon (1879), “سوانگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سوانگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “samāṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press