तुरुंग

Marathi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tronco (“block, prison, dungeon”) (compare Dutch tronk), ultimately from Latin truncus (“trunk”). Compare Gujarati તુરંગ (turaṅg), Kannada ತುರಂಗ (turaṅga), Malayalam തുറുങ്ക് (tuṟuṅkŭ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t̪u.ɾuŋ.ɡə/

Noun

तुरुंग • (turuṅga) m

  1. jail, prison

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “तुरुंग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “तुरुंग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “तुरुंग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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