ـسنج

Persian

Etymology

From the present stem of سنجیدن (sanjidan, “to measure”).

Suffix

ـسنج • (-sanj)

1. -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

Persian terms suffixed with ـسنج

References

• 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