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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian *uzmōxt, from Proto-Iranian *uc- (“outward, upward, away”) + the stem known from Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬨𐬎𐬑𐬙𐬌 f (framuxti, “unleashing”), Sanskrit मुक्ति f (mukti, “liberation”), मुक्त (mukta, “free”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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zumuxt, zamuxt
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| Dari reading?
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zumuxt
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| Iranian reading?
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zomoxt
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| Tajik reading?
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zumuxt
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Adjective
زمخت • (zomoxt) (comparative زمختتَر (zomoxt-tar), superlative زمختتَرین (zomoxt-tarin))
- coarse, rough, harsh
- (dated or dialectal) astringent
- (archaic) miserly, stingy
References
- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 208–209 Nr. 612
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زمخت”, 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 II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 141b