پشم

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See also: بسم, تشم, and تسم

Persian

Dari پشم
Iranian Persian
Tajik пашм
پشم

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páćšma (hair, bristles), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱ-s-mn̥ (hair, whiskers), from *peḱ- (to shear, pluck). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥 (pašman), Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pakṣman).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? pašm
Dari reading? pašm
Iranian reading? pašm
Tajik reading? pašm

Noun

پشم (pašm)

  1. wool
    Synonym: صوف (suf)
    پشمِ گوسفندpašm-e gusfandfleece (lit. sheep wool)
    • c. 1080, ʿUmar Khayyām, نوروزنامه:
      و از پس او طهمورث بنشست، و سی سال پادشاهی کرد، و دیوان را در طاعت آورد، و بازارها و کوچها بنهاد، و ابریشم و پشم ببافت، و رهبان بزسپ در ایام او بیرون آمد، و دین صابیان آورد، و او دین بپذیرفت، و زنار بر بست، و آفتاب را پرستید، و مردمان را دبیری آموخت []
      u az pas-i ō tahmōras binišast, u sī sāl pādšāhī kard, u dēwān rā dar tā'at āward, u bāzār-hā u kōča-hā binihād, u abrēšum⁠ u pašm bibāft, u ruhbān-i buzasp dar ayām-i ō bērūn āmad, u dīn-i sābiyān āwarad, u ō dīn bipaḏīruft, u zunnār bar bast, u āftāb rā parastīd, u mardumān rā dabīrī āmōxt
      And after him, Tahmōras sat and ruled for thirty years. He forced the demons into submission, built markets and alleyways, and wove with silk and wool. Buzasp the Monk appeared in his days, and he accepted the faith of the Sabians, bound the girdle on himself, and worshipped the sun. And he taught people the arts of writing
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (slang) androgenic hair
    پشمِ سینهpašm-e sinechest hair
  3. (slang) pubic hair

Derived terms

Further reading

  • M. Tavoosî, A Glossary of Shâyast Nê Shâyast, Shirâz University publications, 1986, pages 123 and 125
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 357
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “797”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 797</ref>