sazhen

== English == === Alternative forms === sagene sajene === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian саже́нь / са́жень (sažénʹ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsæʒɛn/ === Noun === sazhen (plural sazhens or sazheni) A unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet (just over two meters). 1995: And it will not yield more than ten sazhens of wood to the desyatina…and he is paying me at the rate of two hundred roubles. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 166) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Zeshan, hazens