اسفنج

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See also: إسفنج and اسفنجی

Persian

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Etymology

From Arabic إسفنج, or from Persian اسپنگ (espang), and maybe from Middle Persian [script needed] (*spang) from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Noun

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

  1. sponge

Derived terms

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

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

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian اسفنج, from Arabic إِسْفَنْج (ʔisfanj), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Noun

اِسْفَنْجْ • (isfanj) m (Hindi spelling इस्फ़ंज)

  1. sponge
  2. a yeast dumpling.
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