sünger

Meaning

1. sponge
2. pop filter (of a microphone)
3. (colloquial) drunkard

Concepts

sponge

🧽

Translations

Schwamm

🧽

éponge

🧽

σφουγγάρι

esponja

🧽

esponja

🧽

esponja

🧽

spugna

🧽

sunger

إِسْفَنْج

îsfenc

hewr

Schwämme

hespûn

سَفِنْج

lûfik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/syŋˈɟæɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: سونگر

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish سونگر (sünger), from Greek σφουγγάρι (sfoungári, “sponge”), from Byzantine Greek σφουγγάριον (sphoungárion), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos), from a Pre-Greek substrate.