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Pashto
Etymology
A loan from English sponge.
Pronunciation
Noun
سپنج • (spanj) m
- sponge
Declension
declension of سپنج
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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سپنج
(spanj)
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سپنجونه
(spanjuna)
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| oblique
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سپنج
(spanj)
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سپنجونو
(spanjuno)
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| vocative
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سپنجه
(spanja)
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سپنجونو
(spanjuno)
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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (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
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| Classical reading?
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sipanj
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| Dari reading?
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sipanj
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| Iranian reading?
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sepanj
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| Tajik reading?
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sipanj
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Noun
سپنج • (sepanj)
- (poetic or rare) guesthouse, inn
- guest
Further reading
- 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