فلاخن
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Persian
Alternative forms
- فلاخان (falâxân)
- فلخم (falaxm)
- فلخمه (falaxme)
- فلخمان (falaxmân)
- فلماخن (falmâxan)
- پلخم (palaxm, palxem)
- پلخمان (palaxmân, pelaxmân)
- بلخم (balxam)
Etymology
From Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬑𐬴𐬀𐬥𐬁 (fradaxṣ̌anā, “sling”)), probably via Bactrian.
Pronunciation
Noun
فلاخن • (falâxan) (plural فلاخنها (falâxan-hâ))
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فلاحن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 3