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Where does “إسفنج” come from?

إسفنج (Arabic) comes from Arabic إِسْفَنْج, from Ancient Greek σπόγγος — sponge; tonsil.

إسفنج (Arabic): sponge

Definitions

  1. sponge

Ancestry of “إسفنج”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِسْفَنْج—
2Ancient Greekσπόγγοςsponge; tonsil

Words derived from “إسفنج”

  • اسفنج
  • اسفنج
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