ܢܗܢܓ nhng crocodile
Allotrope: ܐܗܢܓ ʾhng (emendation from ʾhyg)
MP *nihang, cf. NP nahang, nihang a crocodile, alligator (Steingass 1439); the word is of Indian origin: cf. OInd. nihākā́, lit. "coming down", a storm, whirlwind, for which, however, the lexicographers also records the meaning "an iguana, the Gangetic alligator" (Monier-Williams 1899, 564); the latter meaning is not even mentioned in Mayrhofer EWA 2, 49. — Arab. nihank id. ● nhng KwD 240, 17; 43, 5; ʾhng KwD 226, 15; 28, 3 ◆ LS 417a; Lagarde GA 65, 167; PS Suppl. 5