سپنج
Pashto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spəŋd͡ʒ/
Noun
سپنج • (spanj) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سپنج (spanj) | سپنجونه (spanjuna) |
| oblique | سپنج (spanj) | سپنجونو (spanjuno) |
| vocative | سپنجه (spanja) | سپنجونو (spanjuno) |
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾspnc /aspinǰ/, “hospitality; inn”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫗𐫋 (ʿspynj, “hostel, place to stay”) and akin to Classical Syriac ܐܫܦܙܟܢܐ (ʾšpzknʾ, “majordomo; host”), ܐܫܦܙܐ (ʾešpezzā, “lodging, small house”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אושפזא (ʾušpezzā, “id.”), Old Armenian ասպ(ա)նջական (asp(a)nǰakan, “hospitable; host”), Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli, “host”), Iranian borrowings.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /si.ˈpand͡ʒ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sɪ.pʰänd͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [se.pʰænd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.pʰänd͡ʒ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sipanj |
| Dari reading? | sipanj |
| Iranian reading? | sepanj |
| Tajik reading? | sipanj |
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