# तरंग
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀭𑀁𑀕 (taraṃga), from Sanskrit तरंग (taraṃga, “wave”), probably also with influence from the Sanskrit form.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t̪ə.ɾəŋɡ/, [t̪ɐ.ɾɐ̃ŋɡ]
* Hyphenation: त‧रंग
* Rhymes: -ə̃ŋɡ

### Noun

तरंग • (taraṅg) f (Urdu spelling ترنگ)
* wave, ripple
* (sciences) wave
* (figurative) caprice, impulse

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तरंग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “taraṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀭𑀁𑀕 (taraṃga), from Sanskrit तरंग (taraṃga, “wave”), probably also with influence from the Sanskrit form. Related to तरंगणे (taraṅgaṇe, “to float”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪ə.ɾəŋ.ɡə/
* Hyphenation: त‧रङ्‧ग, त‧रंग
* Rhymes: -ə

### Noun

तरंग • (taraṅga) m
* (sciences) wave
    Synonym: लाट (lāṭ)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “तरंग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तरङ्ग (taraṅga).

### Adverb

तरंग • (taraṃga)
* moving to and fro, galloping

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* তৰংগ (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬭᬂᬕ (Balinese script)
* তরংগ (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰨𑰽𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀭𑀁𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* တရံဂ (Burmese script)
* તરંગ (Gujarati script)
* ਤਰਂਗ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑌰𑌂𑌗 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦫꦁꦒ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑂩𑂁𑂏 (Kaithi script)
* ತರಂಗ (Kannada script)
* តរំគ (Khmer script)
* ຕຣໍຄ (Lao script)
* തരംഗ (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᠠᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘨𑘽𑘐 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑧈𑧞𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐬𑑄𑐐 (Newa script)
* ତରଂଗ (Odia script)
* ꢡꢬꢀꢔ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆫𑆁𑆓 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖨𑖽𑖐 (Siddham script)
* තරංග (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩼𑪖𑩞 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚤𑚫𑚌 (Takri script)
* தரஂக³ (Tamil script)
* తరంగ (Telugu script)
* ตรํค (Thai script)
* ཏ་རཾ་ག (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒩𑓀𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨫𑨸𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Probably derived from तॄ (tṝ, “to pass”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

तरंग • (taraṃga) stem, m
* a wave, billow (a "through-goer")
* surf
* a section of a literary work that contains in its name a word like ‘sea’ or ‘river’
* a jumping motion, gallop, waving about, moving to and fro
* cloth, clothes

#### Declension
### Root

तरंग • (taraṃga)
* (nominal verb) to move like a billow, wave about, move restlessly to and fro

#### Derived terms

* तरंगति (taraṃgati)
* तरंग्यमाण (taraṃgyamāṇa)

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: तरंग (taraṅg)
* → Malayalam: തരംഗം (taraṅgaṁ)
* → Marathi: taraṅga
    Devanagari script: तरंग
    Modi script: 𑘝𑘨𑘽𑘐
* → Tamil: தரங்கம் (taraṅkam)
* → Telugu: తరంగము (taraṅgamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “तरंग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 438/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 236