انگشت
Pashto
Persian
Etymology 1
from Middle Persian ʾngwst', from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hangúštʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“joint”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀 (aṇgušta) and Sanskrit अङ्गुष्ठ (aṅguṣṭha, “thumb, big toe”).[1]
Pronunciation
(phonemic)
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ.ˈɡuʃt]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡʊ́ʃt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡʊ́ʃt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡúʃt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæŋ.ɡóʃt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡúʃt̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | angušt |
Dari reading? | angušt |
Iranian reading? | angošt |
Tajik reading? | angušt |
(phonetic)
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [æŋˈɡoʃt̪ʰ]
Noun
Dari | انگشت |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ангушт |
اَنگُشت • (angošt) (plural اَنگُشتها (angošt-hâ) or اَنگُشتان (angoštân))
- finger
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 385:
- لیک در ظلمت یکی دزدی نهان / مینهد انگشت بر استارگان
- lik dar zolmat yeki dozd-i nehân / mi-nehad angošt bar estâregân
- But in the darkness a hidden thief is laying his finger upon the stars.
- digit; (especially) the Persian digit of about 2 cm
Inflection
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Derived terms
(verbs)
- انگشت گذاشتن (angošt gozâštan)
(others)
- انگشت شست (angošt-e šast)
- انگشت شمار (angošt-šomâr)
- انگشت نگاری (angošt-negâri)
- انگشت پا (angošt-e pâ)
- پنج انگشت (panj angošt)
Descendants
- → Gujarati: અંગુશ્ત (aṅguśt)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Iranian *angišta-, from Proto-Iranian *Hángārah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángāras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“charcoal”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [æŋˈɡʲeʃt̪ʰ]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ.ˈɡiʃt]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡɪ́ʃt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡɪ́ʃt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡíʃt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæŋ.ɡʲéʃt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡíʃt̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | angišt |
Dari reading? | angišt |
Iranian reading? | angešt |
Tajik reading? | angišt |
References
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 169
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 168
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