اسفنج

See also: إسفنج‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic إسفنج‎, or from Persian اسپنگ‎ (espang), and maybe from Middle Persian *[script needed] (spang) from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos)

Noun

اسفنج • (esfanj) (plural اسفنج‌ها‎ (esfanj-hâ))

  1. sponge

Derived terms

  1. سنگ اسپنگ‎ (sang-e-espang, “cystolith”) (in Burhān-i-Qāṭiʿ .[1])

References

  1. ↑ Ben xalaf tabrizi, Mohammad Hosayn, Editor: Mohammad Moin , Burhān-i-Qāṭiʿ (برهان قاطع) (In Persian), V:II , Amir Kabir pub. , Tehran, 1958 ISBN 978-964-00-1478-3

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian اسفنج‎, from Arabic إِسْفَنْج‎ (ʾisfanj), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος

Noun

اسفنج • (isfanj) m (Hindi spelling इस्फ़ंज)

  1. sponge
  2. a yeast dumpling.
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