sazhen
English
Alternative forms
- sagene
- sajene
Etymology
From Russian са́же́нь (sážénʹ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsæʒɛn/
Noun
sazhen (plural sazhens)
- A unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet.
- 1995: And it will not yield more than ten sazhens of wood to the desyatina…and he is paying me at the rate of two hundred roubles. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 166)
Translations
a Russian unit of length
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Anagrams
- Zeshan, hazens