قشنگ

See also: فشنگ

Khalaj

Adjective

قَشَنگ (qəşəng)

1. Arabic spelling of qəşəng (“beautiful, pretty, handsome”)

Persian

Etymology

From Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”), related to Proto-Iranian *gr̥šáti (“to rejoice, be happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qa.ˈʃanɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃǽŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃǽŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃǽŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃǽŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.ʃǽɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ʃǽŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qašang
Dari reading?	qašang
Iranian reading?	ğašang
Tajik reading?	qašang

• (Hamadan) IPA^(key): [ɢeˈʃæŋɡ]

Adjective

Dari	قشنگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қашанг

قَشَنْگ • (ğašang) (comparative قَشَنْگ‌تَر (ğašang-tar), superlative قَشَنْگ‌تَرین (ğašang-tarin))

1. beautiful

   Synonyms: زیبا (zibâ), خوشگل (xošgel)

2. lovely
3. pretty

Inflection

Predicative forms of قشنگ (qašang)
	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	قشنگم (qašangam)	قشنگیم (qašangim)
2nd person (“you are”)	قشنگی (qašangi)	قشنگید (qašangid) قشنگین △ (qašangin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	قشنگ است (qašang ast) قشنگه △ (qašange)	قشنگند (qašangand) قشنگن △ (qašangan)
△ Colloquial.

Related terms

• قَشَنْگی (qašangi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəşəng
  • → Armenian: ղաշանգ (ġašang)
• → Khalaj: qəşəng
• → Turkish: kaşenk
• → Urdu: قَشَن٘گ (qaśaṅg)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian قَشَنْگ (qašang, “beautiful, lovely”), ultimately from Sogdian ʾγšnk- ((ə)xšank, “beautiful”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.ʃəŋɡ/

Adjective

قَشَن٘گ • (qaśaṅg) (Hindi spelling क़शंग)

1. attractive, good-looking; beautiful
2. pleasant, agreeable
3. excellent, superb

References

• “قشنگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قشنگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.