دشنه

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dšnk' /⁠dašnag⁠/, “right hand; dagger”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (dšn' /⁠dašn⁠/, “right hand”) + [Book Pahlavi needed] (-k' /⁠-ag⁠/). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian դաշնակ (dašnak), դաշոյն (dašoyn), Classical Syriac ܕܫܢܓ (dašnag, “two-edged dagger”), Arabic دشنج (dašnaj, “dagger”), Georgian დაშნა (dašna, “sword”).

Noun edit

دشنه • (dešne, dašne)

References edit

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دشنه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dašnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 25

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

دشنه • (došna)

(Neyshaburi) last night