سپنج
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Pashto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]سپنج • (spanj) m
Declension
[edit]declension of سپنج
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [si.pand͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [se.pʰænd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.pʰänd͡ʒ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sipanj |
Dari reading? | sipanj |
Iranian reading? | sepanj |
Tajik reading? | sipanj |
Noun
[edit]سپنج • (sepanj)
- (poetic or rare) guesthouse, inn
- guest
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասպնջական”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, 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
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