Pashto edit

Etymology edit

A loan from English sponge.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سپنج (spanjm

  1. sponge

Declension edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

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 (ʾšpzʾ, lodging), Old Armenian ասպ(ա)նջական (asp(a)nǰakan, hospitable; host), Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli, host), Iranian borrowings.

Noun edit

سپنج (sepanj)

  1. (obsolete) guesthouse, inn
  2. guest

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ասպնջական”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, 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