ـسنج

Persian

Etymology

From the present stem of سنجیدن (sanjidan, “to measure”).

Suffix

ـسنج • (-sanj)

  1. -meter
    Synonym: ـمتر (-metr)
    ‎رنگ (rang, “colour”) + ‎ـسنج → ‎رنگ‌سنج (rang-sanj, “colorimeter”)
    ‎فشار (fešâr, “pressure”) + ‎ـسنج → ‎فشارسنج (fešâr-sanj, “barometer”)
    ‎سقف (saqf, “ceiling”) + ‎ـسنج → ‎سقف‌سنج (saqf-sanj, “ceilometer”)
    ‎دما (damâ, “temperature”) + ‎ـسنج → ‎دماسنج (damâ-sanj, “thermometer”)

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ـسنج
دماسنج
فشارسنج

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “ـسنج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 362b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ـسنج”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “ـسنج”, 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 II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 327–329
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