اسفنج
Persian
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))
Derived terms
- سنگ اسپنگ (sang-e-espang, “cystolith”) (in Burhān-i-Qāṭiʿ.[1])
References
Urdu
Etymology
From Persian اسفنج, from Arabic إِسْفَنْج (ʔisfanj), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).
Noun
اِسْفَنْجْ • (isfanj) m (Hindi spelling इस्फ़ंज)
- sponge
- a yeast dumpling.
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- Persian terms derived from Ancient Greek
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