Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian *sandān, whence Classical Persian سندان (sandān), Hebrew סַדָּן (saddān), Aramaic סדנא / ܣܕܢܐ (saddānā). Displaced native عَلَاة (ʕalāh, anvil).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /san.daːn/, /sin.daːn/

Noun edit

سَنْدَان or سِنْدَان (sandān or sindānf (plural سَنَادِين (sanādīn))

  1. anvil

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian سندان (sendân, anvil).

Noun edit

سندان (sindân)

  1. anvil, a heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade
    Synonym: اورس (örs)
  2. striking plate, the plate against which the latch of a door-lock strikes

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: sindan

Further reading edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Classical Syriac ܣܕܢܐ (seddānā), Arabic سَنْدَان (sandān, anvil) and perhaps Old Armenian սանդ (sand, pounding-mortar), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation edit

Readings
Classical reading? sandān
Dari reading? sandān
Iranian reading? sendân

Noun edit

Dari سندان
Iranian Persian
Tajik сандон

سندان (sendân)

  1. anvil

Descendants edit