sazhen

English

Alternative forms

• sagene
• sajene

Etymology

From Russian са́же́нь (sážénʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæʒɛn/

Noun

sazhen (plural sazhens)

1. A unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet.
   • 1995: And it will not yield more than ten sazhens of wood to the desyatina…and he is paying me at the rate of two hundred roubles. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 166)

Translations

a Russian unit of length

• Ingrian: syli
• Kazakh: сажын (sajyn)
• Russian: са́же́нь (ru) f (sážénʹ)
• Yakut: саһаан (sahaan)

Anagrams

• Zeshan, hazens