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Persian
Etymology
From کش (keš, bare imperative of کشیدن (kešidan, “to pull, to drag”)) + مکش (ma-keš, archaic negative imperative of کشیدن (kešidan)), literally “pull, don't pull!”.
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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kašmakaš
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| Dari reading?
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kašmakaš
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| Iranian reading?
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kešmakeš, kašmakaš
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| Tajik reading?
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kašmakaš
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Noun
کشمکش • (kešmakeš) (plural کشمکشها (kešmakeš-hâ))
- conflict, struggle, clash
- Synonyms: درگیری (dargiri), برخورد (barxord)
Descendants
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کشمکش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim