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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian *dahanag. Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian դահանակ (dahanak), Classical Syriac ܕܗܢܓ (dhng), Arabic دَهْنَج (dahnaj), دَهَنَج (dahanaj), all ascribed the meaning malachite. Doublet of دهنج (dahnaj) from the Arabic.
Noun
دهنه • (dahana)
- a precious stone of a thick greenish colour
Further reading
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 148
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 133
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دهنه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دهانه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 940a