An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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solar tower
  برج ِ خورشیدی   
borj-e xoršidi

Fr.: tour solaire   

A structure used in solar observations in order to raise the equipment above the atmospheric disturbances caused by solar heating of the ground and the radiation of the heat into the atmosphere.

solar; → tower.

tower
  برج   
borj (#)

Fr.: tour   

A building or structure taller than its diameter and high relative to its surroundings, either separated or forming part of a building.

From M.E. tour, earlier tur, tor, from O.Fr., from L. turris, from Gk. tyrris "tower."

Borj "tower," related to Pers. borz "height, magnitude, greatness," boland "high," bâlâ "up, above, high, elevated, height," Laki dialect berg "hill, mountain;" Mid.Pers. burz "height," buland "high;" O.Pers. baršan- "height;" Av. barəz- "high, mount," barezan- "height;" cf. Skt. bhrant- "high;" L. fortis "strong" (Fr. and E. force); O.E. burg, burh "castle, fortified place," from P.Gmc. *burgs "fortress;" Ger. Burg "castle," Goth. baurgs "city," E. burg, borough, Fr. bourgeois, bourgeoisie, faubourg; PIE base *bhergh- "high;" borj loaned into Ar. from Mid.Pers. as burj.

tower telescope
  دوربین ِ برجی، تلسکوپ ِ ~   
durbin-e borji, teleskop-e ~

Fr.: télescope vertical, tour solaire   

A telescope, usually of long → focal length, that is situated underneath a tower. Tower telescopes are mainly used for observation of the Sun. See also → solar telescope; → solar tower.

tower; → telescope.