سنباذج

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Middle Persian equivalent of Persian سنباده (sonbâde, sandpaper).

Noun

سُنْبَاذَج • (sunbāḏaj) m

  1. emery
    Hypernym: سَامُور (sāmūr)
  2. whetstone, abrasive block
    Synonyms: مِسَنّ (misann), مِجْلَخَة (mijlaḵa), مِشْحَذ (mišḥaḏ), مَيْلَق (maylaq)

Declension

Derived terms

  • سَنْبَدَ (sanbada, to sharpen, to grind)
    • مُسَنْبِد (musanbid, knife-grinder)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: սնպատիճ (snpatič), սունպանիճ (sunpanič)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سنباذج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 277
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سنباذج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 603
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