দেরেঙ্গ
See also: দেরেগ
Bengali
Alternative forms
- দিরঙ্গ (dirôṅgô)
- দেরঙ্গ (derôṅgô)
Etymology
Corrupted form of earlier দেরঙ্গ (derôṅgô) which is from Classical Persian درنگ (derang), from Middle Persian dlng' (drang, “period, duration”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *drangah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drangʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”) (compare English long).
Noun
দেরেঙ্গ • (dereṅgô) (objective দেরেঙ্গ or দেরেঙ্গকে, genitive দেরেঙ্গের, locative দেরেঙ্গে or দেরেঙ্গতে)
- lateness, tardiness, slowness
- delay
- Synonym: দেরী (derī)
- এটু দেরেঙ্গ করেন আপনারা যে আরও ক’জন মুসল্লি আসতিছেন।- Qazi Imdadul Haq
- eṭu dereṅgô kôren apnara je aro kô’jôn musôlli aśtichen.
- Can you all delay for a bit as a few worshippers are coming.
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “দেরেঙ্গ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “দেরেঙ্গ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh