Word Meaning
दाँग
daang
hinoun
Meaning
A direction, side, quarter, or corner (especially in 'चारों दाँग': all four directions).
Detailed Meaning
In Persian and Urdu, 'daang' originally signifies a fractional part or sixth part of property, but in poetic usage it denotes a quarter, corner, or side of the world. In the phrase 'charon daang' (चारों दाँग), it means all four corners or all directions throughout the land. In this couplet, it expresses that India is being despoiled on all four sides.
Etymology
Persian (دانگ / dāng, originally a sixth part or division).
Usage
Most frequently encountered in the compound phrase 'चारों दाँग' (chāroñ dāñg) to evoke the sense of 'all four corners of the world' or 'far and wide'.
Examples
Dhoondha use har charon daang
Aalam ke har daang mein shor-o-sharr
Synonyms
तरफ़सिम्तकोनादिशा
Related Words
चार-दाँगदाँगीसिम्तगोशा