صنج

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (čang, “harp”), Modern Persian چنگ (čang, “harp”), from which later borrowed again جَنْك (jank), جُنْك (junk, “harp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤand͡ʒ/

Noun

صَنْج • (ṣanj) m (plural صُنُوج (ṣunūj))

1. (obsolete) harp
2. cymbal

Declension

Declension of noun صَنْج (ṣanj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنْج ṣanj	الصَّنْج aṣ-ṣanj	صَنْج ṣanj
Nominative	صَنْجٌ ṣanjun	الصَّنْجُ aṣ-ṣanju	صَنْجُ ṣanju
Accusative	صَنْجًا ṣanjan	الصَّنْجَ aṣ-ṣanja	صَنْجَ ṣanja
Genitive	صَنْجٍ ṣanjin	الصَّنْجِ aṣ-ṣanji	صَنْجِ ṣanji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنْجَيْن ṣanjayn	الصَّنْجَيْن aṣ-ṣanjayn	صَنْجَيْ ṣanjay
Nominative	صَنْجَانِ ṣanjāni	الصَّنْجَانِ aṣ-ṣanjāni	صَنْجَا ṣanjā
Accusative	صَنْجَيْنِ ṣanjayni	الصَّنْجَيْنِ aṣ-ṣanjayni	صَنْجَيْ ṣanjay
Genitive	صَنْجَيْنِ ṣanjayni	الصَّنْجَيْنِ aṣ-ṣanjayni	صَنْجَيْ ṣanjay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُنُوج ṣunūj	الصُّنُوج aṣ-ṣunūj	صُنُوج ṣunūj
Nominative	صُنُوجٌ ṣunūjun	الصُّنُوجُ aṣ-ṣunūju	صُنُوجُ ṣunūju
Accusative	صُنُوجًا ṣunūjan	الصُّنُوجَ aṣ-ṣunūja	صُنُوجَ ṣunūja
Genitive	صُنُوجٍ ṣunūjin	الصُّنُوجِ aṣ-ṣunūji	صُنُوجِ ṣunūji

Descendants

• → Italian: sansa, sanza

Further reading

• “الصّنج (الهارب)”, in Arab Cultural Trust‎^[1], 2011 December 28, archived from the original on 6 November 2019
• صنج on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صنج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1731