# रङ्ग
## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* (color/colour) IPA: [rʌŋ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: रङ्
* IPA: [rʌŋɡʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: रङ्ग

### Noun

रङ्ग • (raṅga)
* color
* amusement
* skin color

### References

* “रङ्ग”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “रङ्ग”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

## Newar
### Etymology

From Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɾəŋɡə]

### Noun

रङ्ग • (raṅga) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐬𑐒𑑂𑐐)
* color

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰঙ্গ (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
* রঙ্গ (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* ရင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
* રઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
* ਰਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
* ರಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
* រង្គ (Khmer script)
* ຣງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
* രങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
* ରଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
* රඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
* ரங்க³ (Tamil script)
* రఙ్గ (Telugu script)
* รงฺค (Thai script)
* ར་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Derived from the root रञ्ज् (rañj), which is from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to dye”). Cognate with Persian رنگ (rang).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɐŋ.ɡɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɾɐŋ.ɡɐ/

### Noun

रङ्ग • (raṅga) stem, m
* colour, paint, dye, hue
* the nasal modification of a vowel
* a place for public amusement or for dramatic exhibition, theatre, playhouse, stage, arena, any place of assembly
* the members of an assembly, audience
* a dancing-place
* a field of battle
* diversion, mirth
* love
* (music) a kind of measure
* borax
* an extract obtained from Acacia catechu

#### Descendants

* Assamese: ৰাং (raṅ), Assamese: ৰঙা (roṅa)
* → Assamese: ৰঙ্গ (roṅgo)
* Bengali: রং (roṅ), রঙ (roṅ), রাঙা (raṅa)
* → Early Assamese: ৰঙ্গ (roṅgo)
** → Assamese: ৰং (roṅ)
* Bhojpuri: रंग (raṅg)
* Marwari: रंग (raṅg)
* Rohingya: rong
* Hindi: रंग (raṅg)
* Old Gujarati: रंग (raṃga)
** Gujarati: રંગ (raṅg)
* Magahi: 𑂩𑂑𑂹𑂏 (raṅg)
* Marathi: रंग (raṅga)
* Odia: ରଙ୍ଗ (raṅga)
* Pali: ranga
* Punjabi: ਰੰਗ (raṅg)
* → Tamil: ரங்கு (raṅku), ரங்கம் (raṅkam), அரங்கு (araṅku), அரங்கம் (araṅkam)
* → Telugu: రంగు (raṅgu)
* Sylheti: ꠞꠣꠋꠉꠣ (raṅga)
* Bishnupriya Manipuri: রাঙা (raṅa)
* Chakma: 𑄒𑄊 (ragha), 𑄢𑄋 (raṅa)

### See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text) :
| श्वेत (śveta), शुक्ल (śukla), शुभ्र (śubhra), धवल (dhavala) | धूमल (dhūmala), धूसर (dhūsara) | कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla), श्याम (śyāma), श्याव (śyāva) |
| रक्त (rakta), रुधिर (rudhira), रोहित (rohita), लोहित (lohita) | नारङ्ग (nāraṅga); कद्रु (kadru), बभ्रु (babhru) | पीत (pīta); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu) |
| | हरित (harita), पलाश (palāśa) | |
| | | नील (nīla) |
| | शोण (śoṇa), नीललोहित (nīlalohita) | पाटल (pāṭala) |

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “रङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 862/2.