ar > ra > rañj > raṅga in other East Indo-European languages (17)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word raṅga means “dye and colour.” The word raṅga is derived from the root rañj, meaning “dye.” He also provides the cognates of raṅga in other East Indo-European languages:
Pali raṅga-; Prakrit raṁga-; Tōrwālī rāṅg; Shina ro̯ṅ; Kashmiri rang; Sindhī raṅu, raṅo; Lahndā and Panjābī raṅg; Assamese rāṅ; Bengali rāṅā; Oṛiyā rā̆ṅgā; Hindī rā̃g; Sinhalese ran̆ga.
All these cognates of raṅga and the following words related to raṅga originate from the Tamil root ar.
raṅgakāra, painter raṅgayati, dyes raṅgita, coloured. rájana, dyeing. rajáyati, dyes. rajyatē, is dyed, is coloured red. rañjana, colour, dye. rañjayati, colours. rañjita, coloured, dyed. kuraṅga, of poor colour. duraṅga, two-coloured. nīraṅga, colourless. suraṅga, orange tree, vermilion. suraṅgī, a red-flowered Moringa. paṭṭaraṅga, silk-dyer. pattrāṅga, red sandal.