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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic .
Pronunciation
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mašām
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| Dari reading?
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mašām
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| Iranian reading?
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mašâm
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mašom
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Noun
مشام • (mašâm)
- sense of smell
c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 287”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:هم گلستان خیالم ز تو پر نقش و نگار
هم مشام دلم از زلف سمنسای تو خوش- ham gulistān-i xayālam zi tō pur naqš u nigār
ham mašām-i dilam az zulf-i saman-sā-yi tu xwaš - The garden of my imagination is full of paintings and decoration thanks to you,
My heart's sense of smell is pleased by your jasmine-rubbing locks.
- nose
- Synonyms: دماغ (damâğ), بینی (bini)
c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 114”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:ز خاک کوی تو هر گه که دم زند حافظ
نسیم گلشن جان در مشام ما افتد- zi xāk-i kōy-i tō har gah ki dam zanad hāfiz
nasīm-i gulšan-i jān dar mašām-i mā uftad - Every time Ḥāfiẓ breathes in the earth of your street,
The fragrance of the soul's rose garden falls into my nose.
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