Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

narang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: narang
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Punjabi.

name

A gewog of Mongar District, Bhutan.

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[T]he natives took it into their heads that this was an essential of governorship, and they could not contain their astonishment on finding, upon inquiry, that the "cobawn (big) gobernor, had not mout so (screwing theirs into the appropriate shape), like the narang (little) gobernor.""
"The blacks say, however, that there are two deep holes in it a "cabonn" (large and deep) and a "narang" (small)."
"Sandy said he could only understand "narrangy word" they said; but I believe that he could not understand them at all, as he was quite unable to make them comprehend that I wished to know if they had seen any stray camels about the creek."

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਨਾਰੰਗ (nāraṅg). Compare with Punjabi ਨਾਰੰਗੀ (nāraṅgī, “orange”), Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang, “orange”) and Punjabi ਨੌਰੰਗਾ (nauraṅgā, “Indian pitta”, literally “nine-colored”); the first two are doublets of orange.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1827

Word Breakdown

Root: ਨਾਰੰਗ

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Narangs (plural) narrangy (alternative) nerangy (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cabonn

Questions

What does narang mean?: A surname from Punjabi.
Where does narang come from?: First known use: First attested in 1827.

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