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 (sīčaġna, sīčuġna, “sparrow-hawk”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dum.san.ˈd͡ʒa/, /dum.sin.ˈd͡ʒa/

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)‎^[1] (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^[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 904

[1] Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[1] (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^[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 904

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