کلنگ

کلنگ

See also: كلنك‎

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /kuˈlaŋɡ~kuˈluŋɡ/

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

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /koˈlæŋɡ~koˈloŋɡ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /kuˈlaŋɡ~kuˈluŋɡ/

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 13^th 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 13^th to the 16^th 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