اسفنج

اسفنج

See also: إسفنج‎ and اسفنجی‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْفَنْج‎ (ʾisfanj), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Noun

اسفنج • (esfanj) (plural اسفنج‌ها‎ (esfanj-hâ))

1. sponge

Derived terms

• سنگ اسپنگ‎ (sang-e-espang, “cystolith”) (in Burhān-i-Qāṭiʿ.[1])

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इस्फ़ंज (isfañj)

  Urdu: اسفنج‎ (isfanj)

References

1. Ben xalaf tabrizi, Mohammad Hosayn, Editor: Mohammad Moin, Burhān-i-Qāṭiʿ (برهان قاطع) (In Persian), V:II, Amir Kabir pub., Tehran, 1958 →ISBN

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسفَنج‎ (isfanj), from Arabic إِسْفَنْج‎ (ʾisfanj), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Noun

اِسْفَنْجْ • (isfanj) m (Hindi spelling इस्फ़ंज)

1. sponge
2. a yeast dumpling.