سپنج
Pashto
Etymology
A loan from English sponge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spəŋd͡ʒ/
Noun
سپنج • (spanj) m
- 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)
- (obsolete) guesthouse, inn
- guest
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ասպնջական”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, 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