قشنگ

قشنگ

See also: فشنگ‎

Persian

Etymology

From Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /qaˈʃaŋɡ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢæˈʃæŋɡ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /qaˈʃaŋɡ/

• (Hamadan) IPA^(key): /ɢeˈʃæŋɡ/

Adjective

قشنگ • (qašang) (comparative قشنگ‌تَر‎ (qašang-tar), superlative قشنگ‌تَرین‎ (qašang-tarin))

1. beautiful
2. lovely
3. pretty

Inflection

Predicative forms of قشنگ (qašang)
	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	قشنگم‎ (qašangam)	قشنگیم‎ (qašangim)
2nd person (“you are”)	قشنگی‎ (qašangi)	قشنگید‎ (qašangid) قشنگین‎ △ (qašangin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	قشنگ است‎ (qašang ast) قشنگه‎ △ (qašange)	قشنگند‎ (qašangand) قشنگن‎ △ (qašangan)
△ Colloquial.

Synonyms

• (beautiful): زیبا‎ (zibâ), خوشگل‎ (xošgel)

Related terms

• قشنگی‎ (qašangi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəşəng
  • → Armenian: ղաշանգ (łašang)
• → Urdu: قشنگ‎ (qašang)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian قشنگ‎ (qašang), ultimately from Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.ʃənɡ/

Adjective

قشنگ • (qašang) ?

1. attractive, good-looking; beautiful
2. pleasant, agreeable
3. excellent

References

• “قشنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.