سج

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sač ~ *siač (“hair”) Cognate with Turkish saç (“hair”), Old Turkic 𐰽𐰲 (sač, “hair”).

Noun

سَجْ (sač)

1. (anatomy, on head) hair

Related terms

• سَجْلِغْ (sačlïɣ)

See also

• قِلْ (qïl, “hair on body”)

Mazanderani

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) سرج (serj)

Noun

سج (sej)

1. black kashk

Sindhi

Alternative forms

• سِڄُ (sijju)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚 (sujja​), from Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya)۔ Cognate with Punjabi سِجھ (sijh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪd͡ʒʊ/, [sɪd͡ʒ]

Proper noun

سِجُ • (siju) m (Devanagari सिजु)

1. (astronomy) the Sun
   • 1944, Bherumal Meharchand Advani, قديم سنڌ:

     سِجُ، چنْڊُ ۽ تارا بہ هُن پَيدا ڪيا آهِن

     siju, cnḍu a͠i tārā bh hũ paidā kyā āhĩ

     Sun, moon, and stars also they have made

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “سِجُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society