اسفنج

See also: إسفنج and اسفنجی

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.fǽnd͡ʒ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.fǽnd͡ʒ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔis.fǽnd͡ʒ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? isfanj
Dari reading? isfanj
Iranian reading? esfanj
Tajik reading? isfanj

Noun

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

  1. sponge

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: इस्फ़ंज (isfañj)
    Urdu: اسفنج (isfanj)

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

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسفَنج (isfanj), 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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