# दीर्घ
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrghá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). Doublet of देर (der).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪iːɾɡʱ/

### Adjective

दीर्घ • (dīrgh) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دیرگھ)
* long
    Synonym: लंबा (lambā)
* tall
    Synonyms: ऊँचा (ū̃cā), लंबा (lambā)
    Antonym: नाटा (nāṭā)
* weighty
    Synonyms: भारी (bhārī), गुरु (guru)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* দীৰ্ঘ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬷᬃᬖ (Balinese script)
* দীর্ঘ (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰱𑰨𑰿𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀻𑀭𑁆𑀖 (Brahmi script)
* ဒီရ်္ဃ (Burmese script)
* દીર્ઘ (Gujarati script)
* ਦੀਰ੍ਘ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌘 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦷꦂꦓ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂲𑂩𑂹𑂐 (Kaithi script)
* ದೀರ್ಘ (Kannada script)
* ទីឃ៌ (Khmer script)
* ທີຣ຺ຆ (Lao script)
* ദീര്ഘ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡳᡳᡵᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘲𑘨𑘿𑘑 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠢᠢᠷᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧓𑧈𑧠𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐷𑐬𑑂𑐑 (Newa script)
* ଦୀର୍ଘ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢷꢬ꣄ꢕ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆵𑆫𑇀𑆔 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖱𑖨𑖿𑖑 (Siddham script)
* දීර්‍ඝ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩟 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚯𑚤𑚶𑚍 (Takri script)
* தீ³ர்க⁴ (Tamil script)
* దీర్ఘ (Telugu script)
* ทีรฺฆ (Thai script)
* དཱི་རྒྷ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒲𑒩𑓂𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀 (dar$^ə$ga, “long”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /⁠darga⁠/), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós), Latin longus, Old Church Slavonic дльгъ (dlĭgŭ), and possibly English long.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /diːɾ.ɡʱɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪iːɾ.ɡʱɐ/

### Adjective

दीर्घ • (dīrghá) stem (comparative द्राघीयस्, superlative द्राघिष्ठ)
* long (in space and time)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.17.10:दीर्घस्ते अस्त्वङ्कुशो येना वसु प्रयच्छसि । यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥dīrghaste astvaṅkuśo yenā vasu prayacchasi. yajamānāya sunvate.Long be thy grasping-hook wherewith thou givest ample wealth to him Who sheds the juice and worships thee.
* lofty, high, tall
* deep
* (phonetics, prosody) long

#### Declension
### Noun

दीर्घ • (dīrghá) stem, m
* (phonology) long vowel
* the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th sign of the Zodiac

#### Declension
### Proper noun

दीर्घ • (dīrghá) stem, n
* name of a sāman

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Chilisso: [script needed] (žiṅgo)
** Dameli: [script needed] (drīga)
** Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (līgāla)
** Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (žiga)
** Kalami: [script needed] (līg)
** Kalasha: driga
** Khowar: درونگ (drung)
** Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (drīi), [script needed] (ligolo)
** Phalura: [script needed] (dhrigo)
** Savi: [script needed] (drigōu)
** Shina: [script needed] (ẓigu) ('dangu' in Drasi)
** Shumashti: [script needed] (ligalo)
** Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (legā)
** Tirahi: [script needed] (derega)
** Torwali: حؕىگ (ḍẓīk)
** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (lig), [script needed] (likh)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ދިގު (digu)
** Sinhalese: දිග (diga)
* Khasa Prakrit:
** Nepali: दिघो (digho)
* Kholosi: taɽgo
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀖 (diggha)
** Assamese: দীঘ (digh), দীঘল (dighol)
** Bengali: দিঘ (digh), দিগ (dig)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀖 (diggha)
** Konkani: दीग (dīg)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਡੂੰਘਾ (ḍūṅghā, “deep”)
** Sindhi: ड्रिघो (ḍrigho)
* Pali: dīgha
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀖 (diggha)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: दीह (dīh) (poetic)
** Romani: dingo

#### Borrowed terms

* Bengali: দীর্ঘ (dirgho)
* Gujarati: દીર્ઘ (dīrgh)
* Hindi: दीर्घ (dīrgh)
* Kannada: ದೀರ್ಘ (dīrgha)
* Marathi: दीर्घ (dīrgha)
* Punjabi: ਦੀਰਘ (dīragh)
* Tamil: தீர்க்கம் (tīrkkam)
* Telugu: దీర్ఘము (dīrghamu)
* Urdu: دیرگھ (dīrgh)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दीर्घ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 481.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dīrghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press