səng

Tat

Etymology

From Middle Persian KYPA / sng (sang, “stone, rock”). Cognate with Persian سنگ (“stone”) Parthian (Manichaean) 𐫀𐫘𐫗𐫃 (ʾsng /⁠asang⁠/, “stone”), Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬥 (asan, “stone”), 𐬀𐬯𐬆𐬥𐬔𐬀 (asənga, “stone”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎰𐎥 (a-θ-g /⁠aθaⁿgaʰ⁠/, “stone, rock”), Old Median *asan- (“stone”) (> Old Persian stone (/⁠asan⁠/)), Khotanese [script needed] (sam̥gga-, “stone”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), because of the cutting sharpness of stone.

Noun

səng

1. stone