dštʾn'
Middle Persian
editAlternative forms
edit- [Avestan needed] (daštān) (Pazend)
Etymology
editAkin to Manichaean Middle Persian dxštʾn (daxštān, “menstruation; menstuous”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬙𐬀 (daxšta, “sign; sign of bodily flaw; menstruation”), 𐬛𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (daxštauuaitī, “menstruous”).
Noun
editdštʾn' • (daštān)
Adjective
editdštʾn' • (daštān)
Derived terms
edit- dštʾnstʾn' (daštānestān, “secluded place for menstruous women”)
- dštʾnmʾh (daštān-māh, “menstrual cycle”)
- dštʾnʾwmnd (daštānōmand, “menstruous”)
Descendants
edit- Persian: دشتان (daštân)
- → Aramaic:
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דִּשְׁתָּנָא (dištānā), דִּיסְתָּנָא (dīstānā)
- Mandaic: ࡃࡀࡔࡕࡀࡍࡀ (daštānā)
- → Georgian: დაშტანი (dašṭani) (possibly via Armenian)
- → Old Armenian: դաշտան (daštan)
- Armenian: դաշտան (daštan)
References
edit- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “daštān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 25
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “dxštʾn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 148a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դաշտան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 624a
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 135
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 570, page 127
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary][1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 676–677
- “dštnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) “דִּיסְתָּנָא”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 303a
- Shooshtary, Dakhil (2012) “Menstruation”, in Mandaic Dictionary: English Mandaic, Bloomington: AuthorHouse, →ISBN