ـسنج
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the present stem of سنجیدن (sanjidan, “to measure”).
Suffix
[edit]ـسنج • (-sanj)
- -meter
- Synonym: ـمتر (-metr)
- رنگ (rang, “color”) + ـسنج → رنگسنج (rang-sanj, “colorimeter”)
- فشار (fešâr, “pressure”) + ـسنج → فشارسنج (fešâr-sanj, “barometer”)
- سقف (saqf, “ceiling”) + ـسنج → سقفسنج (saqf-sanj, “ceilometer”)
- رنگ (rang, “color”) + ـسنج → رنگسنج (rang-sanj, “colorimeter”)
- دما (damâ, “temperature”) + ـسنج → دماسنج (damâ-sanj, “thermometer”)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Freytag, Georg (1833) “ـسنج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 362b
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ـسنج”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “ـسنج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 327–329