سپنج

Pashto

Etymology

A loan from English sponge.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spəŋd͡ʒ/

Noun

سپنج • (spanj) m

  1. sponge

Declension
declension of سپنج
singular plural
direct سپنج
(spanj)		 سپنجونه
(spanjuna)
oblique سپنج
(spanj)		 سپنجونو
(spanjuno)
vocative سپنجه
(spanja)		 سپنجونو
(spanjuno)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾspnc /⁠aspinǰ⁠/, “hospitality; inn”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫗𐫋 (ʿspynj, “hostel, place to stay”) and akin to Classical Syriac ܐܫܦܙܟܢܐ (ʾšpzknʾ, “majordomo; host”), ܐܫܦܙܐ (ʾšpzʾ, “lodging”), Old Armenian ասպ(ա)նջական (asp(a)nǰakan, “hospitable; host”), Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli, “host”), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

سپنج • (sepanj)

  1. (obsolete) guesthouse, inn
  2. guest

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասպնջական”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 275
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 704, page 156
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 109
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