Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From earlier سرنج (serenj). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun edit

سنج (senj, sanj) (plural سنج‌ها (senj-hâ, sanj-hâ))

  1. cymbal

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Etymology 2 edit

Suffix edit

ـسنج (-sanj)

  1. -meter

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سنج”, 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) “سنج”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سنج”, 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