دمسنجه

Persian

Alternative forms

دمسیجه (dumsīja), دمسیچه (dumsīča)

Etymology

(dum, “tail”) +‎ (sanj-, “to sway, to swing, to weigh”), or with Sogdian 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼳 (sycʾkh), 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼸 (sycʾkk, “sparrow”), also contaminated into (sīčağna, sīčuğna, “sparrow-hawk”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dum.san.d͡ʒa], [dum.sin.d͡ʒa]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dumsanja, dumsinja

Noun

دمسنجه • (dumsanja, dumsinja)[2]

(obsolete) a kind of passerine bird

References

Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 164–165 Nr. 486, where due to parallel formations equated with wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دمسنجه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 904

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[1] Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 164–165 Nr. 486, where due to parallel formations equated with wagtail (Motacilla alba)

[2] Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دمسنجه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 904