սանձ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սանձ (sanj).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /sɑnd͡z/, [sɑnd͡z]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /sɑnt͡s/, [sɑnt͡sʰ]

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սանձ • (sanj)

1. bit (metal in horse's mouth)

   Synonyms: լկամ (lkam), բերանոց (beranocʻ)

2. bridle
3. (figuratively) check, curb

The origin is unknown.^[1][2][3]

De Lagarde compares to Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬧𐬘- (θaṇj-, “to pull, draw”),^[4] which is from Proto-Iranian *θanǰáyati (“to pull”), whence also Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (sancyt /⁠sanǰed⁠/, “to weigh”), Persian سنجیدن (sanjidan, “to weigh”).

J̌ahukyan remarks that inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”) is unlikely.^[3]

սանձ • (sanj)

1. bit (metal in horse's mouth)
2. bridle

   Synonyms: երասանակ (erasanak), դանդանաւանդ (dandanawand)

   սանձ արկանել ― sanj arkanel ― to bridle

3. (figuratively) check, curb

   սանձս դնել ― sanjs dnel ― to put a check upon, to curb, to put a term to

• → Armenian: սանձ (sanj)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սանձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “սանձ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “սանձ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սանձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy