Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Old Armenian սմպատակ (smpatak), Arabic سُنْبَاذَج (sunbāḏaj), سُنْبَادَج (sunbādaj), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sunbāḏa
Dari reading? sunbāda
Iranian reading? sonbâde
Tajik reading? sunboda

Noun

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سنباده (sonbâde)

  1. sandpaper
  2. whetstone
  3. marl

Descendants

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Further reading

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