An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

English-French-Persian

فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک

Homepage  Preliminaries  Abbreviations  Acknowledgments  References 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
vane
  ۱، ۲) پره؛ ۳) بادنما  
1, 2) parré (#); 3) bâdnemâ (#)
Fr.: 1) aile, pale; 2) barbe; 3) girouette  

  1. A blade attached radially to a central axis, as in a windmill, propeller, revolving fin, or the like. → spider vane.

  2. → wind vane.

  3. The flat part of a bird’s → feather.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from O.E. fana “flag;” cognate with Ger. Fahne
“flag,” Gothic fana “piece of cloth.”

Etymology (PE): Parré, from parr, → feather.