wonga
English
/ˈwɒŋɡə/
noun
Definitions
- (slang) Money.
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani wangar (coal) derived from Sanskrit अङ्गार (charcoal, coal, god of war, Mangala, etc, heap of charcoal) derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángāras derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (coal, charcoal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁óngʷl̥
Gloss
coal, charcoal
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
炭
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₁engʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁óngʷl̥ Proto-Indo-European
- अङ्गार Sanskrit
- อังคาร Thai
- အင်္ဂါ Burmese
- aṅgāra Pali
- *Hángāras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- អង្គារ Central Khmer
- *Hángāras Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀭 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *tsangila Proto-Albanian
- *anˀglis Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *anˀglís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ಇಂಗಾಲ Kannada
- इंगाळो Konkani
- इंगळ Old Marathi
- 𑘂𑘽𑘐𑘯 Old Marathi
- wangar Romani
- ʼaṅgāra Old Khmer
- ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕᬭ Balinese
- အၚါ Mon
- anggara ms-cla
- અંગાર Vaghri