ننگ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nng /⁠nang⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnanɡ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näŋɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næɲɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nang
Dari reading^?	nang
Iranian reading^?	nang
Tajik reading^?	nang

Noun


Iranian Persian	ننگ
Dari	ننگ
Tajik	нанг

نَنگ • (nang)

infamy, dishonor, ignominy, shame
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 8”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[1]:
  گر چه بدنامی‌ست نزد عاقلان
  ما نمی‌خواهیم ننگ و نام را
  gar či badnâmî-st nazd-i âqilân
  mâ na-mê-xwâhêm nang u nâm râ
  Though the opinion of the wise is [that] infamy [is ours],
  [In reality,] we want neither shame nor fame.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)
honor, reputation, esteem

Derived terms

ننگین (nangin, “shameful, infamous, disgraceful”)
باننگ (bâ-nang, “gallant, mettlesome, militant”)
نام و ننگ (nâm o nang, “honour, reputation, esteem”)
ننگسار (nang-sâr, “metamorphosis”)
ننگنامه (nang-nâme, “ironic or satirical prose or verse; a history of wars”)

Descendants

→ Pashto: ننګ (nang, “honor”)

References

Johnson, Francis (1852) “ننگ”, in A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., page 1335

Ushojo

Noun

ننگ (naṅg)