See also: بسم, تشم, and تسم

Persian edit

Dari پشم
Iranian Persian
Tajik пашм
 
پشم

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *pášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páćšma (hair, bristles), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱ-s-mn̥ (hair, whiskers), from *peḱ- (to shear, pluck). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥 (pašman), Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pakṣman).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? pašm
Dari reading? pašm
Iranian reading? pašm
Tajik reading? pašm

Noun edit

پشم (pašm)

  1. wool
    پشمِ گوسفندpašm-e gusfandfleece (lit. sheep wool)
  2. (slang) androgenic hair
    پشمِ سینهpašm-e sinechest hair
  3. (slang) pubic hair

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • M. Tavoosî, A Glossary of Shâyast Nê Shâyast, Shirâz University publications, 1986, pages 123 and 125
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 357
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959), “797”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 797</ref>