سندان

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian *sandān, whence Classical Persian سندان (sandān), Hebrew סַדָּן (saddān), Aramaic סדנא / ܣܕܢܐ (saddānā). Displaced native عَلَاة (ʕalāh, “anvil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /san.daːn/, /sin.daːn/

Noun

سَنْدَان or سِنْدَان • (sandān or sindān) f (plural سَنَادِين (sanādīn))

1. anvil

Declension

Declension of noun سَنْدَان (sandān)‎; سِنْدَان (sindān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنْدَان‎; سِنْدَان sandān‎; sindān	السَّنْدَان‎; السِّنْدَان as-sandān‎; as-sindān	سَنْدَان‎; سِنْدَان sandān‎; sindān
Nominative	سَنْدَانٌ‎; سِنْدَانٌ sandānun‎; sindānun	السَّنْدَانُ‎; السِّنْدَانُ as-sandānu‎; as-sindānu	سَنْدَانُ‎; سِنْدَانُ sandānu‎; sindānu
Accusative	سَنْدَانًا‎; سِنْدَانًا sandānan‎; sindānan	السَّنْدَانَ‎; السِّنْدَانَ as-sandāna‎; as-sindāna	سَنْدَانَ‎; سِنْدَانَ sandāna‎; sindāna
Genitive	سَنْدَانٍ‎; سِنْدَانٍ sandānin‎; sindānin	السَّنْدَانِ‎; السِّنْدَانِ as-sandāni‎; as-sindāni	سَنْدَانِ‎; سِنْدَانِ sandāni‎; sindāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنْدَانَيْن‎; سِنْدَانَيْن sandānayn‎; sindānayn	السَّنْدَانَيْن‎; السِّنْدَانَيْن as-sandānayn‎; as-sindānayn	سَنْدَانَيْ‎; سِنْدَانَيْ sandānay‎; sindānay
Nominative	سَنْدَانَانِ‎; سِنْدَانَانِ sandānāni‎; sindānāni	السَّنْدَانَانِ‎; السِّنْدَانَانِ as-sandānāni‎; as-sindānāni	سَنْدَانَا‎; سِنْدَانَا sandānā‎; sindānā
Accusative	سَنْدَانَيْنِ‎; سِنْدَانَيْنِ sandānayni‎; sindānayni	السَّنْدَانَيْنِ‎; السِّنْدَانَيْنِ as-sandānayni‎; as-sindānayni	سَنْدَانَيْ‎; سِنْدَانَيْ sandānay‎; sindānay
Genitive	سَنْدَانَيْنِ‎; سِنْدَانَيْنِ sandānayni‎; sindānayni	السَّنْدَانَيْنِ‎; السِّنْدَانَيْنِ as-sandānayni‎; as-sindānayni	سَنْدَانَيْ‎; سِنْدَانَيْ sandānay‎; sindānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنَادِين sanādīn	السَّنَادِين as-sanādīn	سَنَادِين sanādīn
Nominative	سَنَادِينُ sanādīnu	السَّنَادِينُ as-sanādīnu	سَنَادِينُ sanādīnu
Accusative	سَنَادِينَ sanādīna	السَّنَادِينَ as-sanādīna	سَنَادِينَ sanādīna
Genitive	سَنَادِينَ sanādīna	السَّنَادِينِ as-sanādīni	سَنَادِينِ sanādīni

Derived terms

• بَيْنَ ٱلْمِطْرَقَةِ وَٱلسِّنْدَانِ (bayna l-miṭraqati was-sindāni, “between the hammer and the anvil”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سندان (sendân, “anvil”).

Noun

سندان • (sindân)

1. anvil, a heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade

   Synonym: اورس (örs)

2. striking plate, the plate against which the latch of a door-lock strikes

Descendants

• Turkish: sindan

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sindan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4248
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sindân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1144
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سندان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 694
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Incus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 777
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سندان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2686
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سندان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1082

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Classical Syriac ܣܕܢܐ (seddānā), Arabic سَنْدَان (sandān, “anvil”) and perhaps Old Armenian սանդ (sand, “pounding-mortar”), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [san.ˈdɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sen̪.d̪ɒ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading?	sandān
Dari reading?	sandān
Iranian reading?	sendân

Noun

Dari	سندان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сандон

سندان • (sendân)

1. anvil

Descendants

• → Armenian: զնդան (zndan)