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wreckage
  کلینش؛ ۲) کلینه، کلین-پاره   
1) kalineš; 2) kaline, kalin-pâre

Fr.:   

1) Act of wrecking; state of being wrecked.
2) Remains or fragments of something that has been wrecked.

wreck + suffix -age forming mass and abstract nouns.

wrecker
  کلینگر   
kalingar

Fr.:   

1) One that searches for or works on the wrecks of ships (as for rescue or for plunder).
2) One that wrecks (Merriam-Webster.com).

wreck; → -er.

wrinkle ridge
  روک ِ چروکدار   
ruk-e corukdâr

Fr.:   

A low, sinuous tectonic ridge on a planetary surface that resembles a wrinkle in skin or cloth. These features were first detected on the Moon, but they have also been identified on other planetary bodies such as Mars, Mercury, and Venus.

M.E., back formation from wrinkled, from O.E. gewrinclod "wrinkled, crooked," p.p. of gewrinclian "to wind, crease," from perfective prefix ge- + -wrinclian "to wind;" → ridge

Ruk, → ridge; corukdâr, from coruk "wrinkle" + dâr "having, possessor" (from dâštan "to have, to possess," Mid.Pers. dâštan, O.Pers./Av. root dar- "to hold, keep back, maitain, keep in mind;" cf. Skt. dhr-, dharma- "law;" Gk. thronos "elevated seat, throne;" L. firmus "firm, stable;" Lith. daryti "to make;" PIE *dher- "to hold, support").

wrist
  مچ   
moc (#)

Fr.: poignet   

1) The carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
2) The joint or articulation between the forearm and the hand (Dictionary.com).

M.E., O.E.; cognate with Ger. Rist "back of hand," O.Norse rist "instep;" akin to writhe.

Moc "wrist," related to mošt "fist;" Mid.Pers. mušt, must "fist;" Av. mušti- "fist;" cf. Skt. musti-, Pali mutthi-, L. manus (?).

write
  نوشتن   
neveštan (#)

Fr.: écrire   

To trace or form (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or other similar instrument.

M.E. writen, O.E. writan "to score, outline, draw," later "to set down in writing;" cf. O.Frisian writa "to write," O.Saxon writan "to tear, scratch, write," O.Norse rita "write, scratch," O.H.G. rizan "to write, scratch, tear," Ger. reissen "to tear, pull, sketch, draw."

Neveštan, nevis- "to write," variants Kurd. (Sor.) nus, nusen, Lori nisane "to write," Kurd. (Kurm.) âvîtin, âvêntin, (Sor.) havîštin, hâvîtin "to compose (a song), to change (color);" Mid.Pers. (+ → ni-) nibištan, nebês- "to write," pēsīdan "to adorn;" O.Pers. pais- "to cut, adorn, engrave;" Av. paēs- "to paint, adorn," paēsa- "adornment;" cf. Skt. piśáti "adorns; cuts;" Gk. poikilos "multicolored;" L. pingit "embroiders, paints;" O.C.S. pisati "to write;" O.H.G. fēh "multicolored;" Lith. piēšti "to draw, adorn;" PIE base *peik- "colored, speckled."

wrong
  نادرست   
nâdorost (#)

Fr.: faux   

1) Not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
2) Deviating from truth or fact; erroneous: a wrong answer.
3) Not correct in action, judgment, opinion, method, etc., as a person; in error (Dictionary.com).
See also: → false, → invalid.

M.E. wrong, wrang, O.E. wrang "twisted, crooked," from O.N. rangr "crooked, wry, wrong;" cf. Dan. vrang "crooked, wrong," Du. wrang "sour, bitter."

Nâdorost, from nâ- "not," → a-, + dorost, → right.

Wronskian
  ورونسکی   
Wronski

Fr.: Wronskien   

The → determinant of order n associated with a set of n functions, in which the first row consists of the functions, the second row consists of the first → derivatives of the functions, the third row consists of their second derivatives, and so on. For example, If y1 and y2 are functions of x, the determinant W(y1,y2) = y1 . y2' - y1' . y2 is called the Wronskian of the given function.

Named after the Polish mathematician Józef Hoene-Wroński (1776-1853).

WZ Sagittae
   WZ نیم‌اسب   
WZ nimasp

Fr.: WZ Sagittae   

The prototype of a subclass of → dwarf novae with an extremely long outburst period, comparable with that of a → recurrent nova.

variable star designation; → Sagittarius.

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