दीर्घ

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

• IPA^(key): /d̪iːɾɡʱ/

दीर्घ • (dīrgh) (Urdu spelling دیرگھ‎)

1. long

   Synonym: लंबा (lambā)

2. tall

   Synonyms: ऊँचा (ū̃cā), लंबा (lambā)

   Antonym: नाटा (nāṭā)

3. weighty

   Synonyms: भारी (bhārī), गुरु (guru)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (darga), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀‎ (darəga, “long”), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós), Latin longus, Old Church Slavonic дльгъ (dlĭgŭ).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪iːɽ.ɡʱɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪iːɽ.ɡʱɐ/

दीर्घ • (dīrghá)

1. long (in space and time)
2. lofty, high, tall
3. deep
4. (phonetics, prosody) long

• Dardic: [Term?]
  • Kalasha: driga
• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: দীঘ (digh), দীঘল (dighol)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀖 (diggha)
  • Dhivehi: ދިގު‎ (digu)
  • Konkani: दीग (dīga)
• Pali: dīgha
• Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Nepali: दिघो (digho)
  • Romani: dírgă
  • Sindhi: [script needed] (ḍrigho)
• Sinhalese: [script needed] (diga)

दीर्घ • (dīrghá) m

1. (phonology) long vowel
2. camel
3. a mystical N. of the letter अ (a)
4. the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th sign of the Zodiac
5. (botany) a kind of plant
6. a mystical N. of the letter न (n)

दीर्घ • (dīrghá) n

1. a species of grass
2. Name of a sāman

• Monier Williams (1899), “दीर्घ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 481.