dštʾn'

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Middle Persian

Alternative forms

  • (daštān) (Pazend)

Etymology

Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian dxštʾn (daxštān, menstruation; menstuous), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬙𐬀 (daxšta, sign; sign of bodily flaw; menstruation), 𐬛𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (daxštauuai, menstruous).

Noun

dštʾn' (daštān)

  1. menstruation

Adjective

dštʾn' (daštān)

  1. menstruous

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “daštān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 25
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “dxštʾn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 148a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դաշտան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 624a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 135
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 570, page 127
  • Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎ (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 676–677
  • dštnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) “דִּיסְתָּנָא”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 303a
  • Shooshtary, Dakhil (2012) “Menstruation”, in Mandaic Dictionary: English Mandaic, Bloomington: AuthorHouse, →ISBN