سپنج

Pashto

Etymology

A loan from English sponge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spəŋd͡ʒ/

Noun

سپنج • (spanj) m

1. sponge

Declension

Declension of سپنج

	singular	plural
direct	سپنج (spanj)	سپنجونه (spanjuna)
oblique	سپنج (spanj)	سپنجونو (spanjuno)
vocative	سپنجه (spanja)	سپنجونو (spanjuno)

Persian

Etymology

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 (ʾešpezzā, “lodging, small house”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אושפזא (ʾušpezzā, “id.”), Old Armenian ասպ(ա)նջական (asp(a)nǰakan, “hospitable; host”), Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli, “host”), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.pand͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰänd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰänd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰänd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.pʰänd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.pʰænd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.pʰänd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sipanj
Dari reading?	sipanj
Iranian reading?	sepanj
Tajik reading?	sipanj

Noun

سپنج • (sepanj)

1. (poetic or rare) guesthouse, inn
2. guest

Further reading

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