instrument 1) sâz; 2) sâzâl Fr.: instrument
Etymology (EN): From O.Fr. instrument, from L. instrumentem “a tool, apparatus, furniture,” from instruere “to arrange, furnish,” from → in- + struc- (var. s. of struere “to put together”) + -tus p.p. suffix. Etymology (PE): 1) Sâz “(musical) instrument; apparatus; harness; furniture,”
from sâzidan, sâxtan “to build, make, fashion; to adapt, adjust, be fit”
(from Mid.Pers. sâxtan, sâz-, Manichean Parthian s’c’dn “to prepare,
to form;” Av. sak- “to understand, to mark,” sâcaya- (causative)
“to teach”).
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