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sajene

sajene is the alternative form of sazhen.

Meaning of sazhen

Noun

sazhen (plural sazhens or sazheni)

  1. A unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet (just over two meters).
    • For how if he were to end by getting drowned? True, the river’s normal level lay four sazheni down—the remembrance of that (for he had often descended thither to draw water) comforted him for a moment; […]1929, Ivan Nazhivin, translated by C[harles] J[ames] Hogarth, Rasputin (Continental Fiction), volume 1, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, page 169

Forms of sajene

pluralsajenes

Questions about sajene

What is sajene the alternative form of?
Sajene is the alternative form of sazhen.

Words near sajene in the dictionary

  1. Sajak
  2. sajdah
  3. sajdahs
  4. Sajdak
  5. Sajdaks
  6. sajene
  7. sajenes
  8. Sajibu
  9. Sajibu Cheiraoba
  10. Sajid
  11. Sajids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sajene (page history and authors); sazhen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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