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{{also|بنك|تنك|بنگ|تنک}}
==Persian==

===Pronunciation===
{{fa-IPA|taŋg}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|fa|pal|tr=tng|ts=tang|t=narrow, tight}}, from {{der|fa|ine-pro|*tenk-|t=to compact}},<ref>{{R:ira:Cheung|pages=377-8}}</ref> perhaps from {{m|ine-pro|*ten-|t=to stretch}}. Cognate with {{m|fa|تنجیدن|tr=tanjidan|t=to squeeze}}, as well as {{cog|xcl|թանկ}}, an Iranian borrowing.

====Adjective====
{{fa-regional|تنگ|تنگ|танг}}
{{fa-adj|tr=tang|c=+}}

# [[narrow]], [[strait]]; [[tight]]
#* {{RQ:Masnavi|II|784|از وی این دنیای خوش بر تست '''تنگ'''<br>از پی او با حق و با خلق جنگ|az way īn dunyā-i xōš bar tu-st '''tang'''<br>az pay-i ō bā haq u bā xalq jang|Through it this fair world is '''narrow''' (distressful) to you,<br>for its sake (you are at) war with God and man.}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|fa|تنگی|tr=tangi}}
* {{l|fa|تنک|tr=tonok}}

===Etymology 2===
Via {{bor|fa|chg|-}} from {{der|fa|zh|-}} {{ltc-l|桶|tub, keg}}

====Noun====
{{fa-noun|tr=tong}}

# [[flagon]], [[carafe]], [[decanter]]

===Etymology 3===
Via {{bor|fa|chg|-}} from {{der|fa|zh|-}} {{ltc-l|等|equal; sort, type, ''etc.''}}, or specifically {{ltc-l|戥|small steelyard for weighing money and similar items}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|fa|دنگ|tr=deng, dang}}

====Noun====
{{fa-noun|tr=teng, tang}}

# a [[bundle]] on one half of a [[beast of burden]], [[package]], [[assload|ass-load]]
# a [[girth]], a [[strap]], a [[band]], a [[brace]]
# a wooden instrument with iron teeth used in separating rice from the chaff
# a machine for making powder
# an [[oil-press]]

===References===
* {{R:TMN|pages=574–577, Nr. 941 and 942|volume=II}}
* {{R:fa:Steingass}}, {{R:fa:Steingass|دنگ}}
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{{C|fa|Vessels|Units of measure|Tools}}

==Sindhi==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sd|sa|}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sd|[t̪ənɡ]}}

===Adjective===
{{sd-adj|تَنگ|tr=tāng|d=तान्ग्}}

# [[narrow]]

===References===
* {{R:sd:Baloch}}

==Urdu==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ur|fa-cls|تنگ|tr=tang}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ur-IPA|taṅg}}
* {{audio|ur|LL-Q1617 (urd)-Syamantak07-تنگ.wav|}}

===Adjective===
{{ur-adj|tr=taṅg|hi=तंग}}

# [[tight]], [[narrow]]
# [[troubled]], [[distressed]], [[vexed]]
# [[distracted]], [[bothered]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ur|تنگ کرنا|tr=tãṅg karnā}}