دشت
See also: دست
Khalaj edit
Noun edit
دَشت (dəşt) (definite accusative دَشتی, plural دَشتلَر)
Declension edit
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (dšt' /dašt/, “desert, field, plain”) from Proto-Iranian *dáxštah. Compare Armenian դաշտ (dašt, “plain, field”), an Iranian borrowing.
Noun edit
Dari | دشت |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | дашт |
دشت • (dašt) (plural دشتها (dašt-hâ))
Derived terms edit
- دشت سیلابی (dašt-e seylâbi)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Persian right hand (dšn' /dašn/), from Proto-Iranian *dášinah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáćšinas, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-i-no-s, from *deḱs- (“right (side)”).
Alternative forms edit
- دشن (dašn)
Noun edit
Dari | دشت |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | дашт |
دشت • (dašt) (plural دشتها (dašt-hâ))
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Arabic: داشن (dāšan)
Etymology 3 edit
From or related to Proto-Iranian *duš-. Cognate with Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa).
Adjective edit
دشت • (došt) (comparative دشتتَر (došt-tar), superlative دشتتَرین (došt-tarin))
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دشت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian دشت (dašt).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪əʃt̪/