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Persian
Etymology
Not attested in Middle Persian, but compare شکن (šekan-, “to break”). Akin to Manichaean Parthian 𐫀𐫢𐫞𐫏𐫗𐫋 (ʾšqynj /iškenǰ/, “twisted rope”, attested only once), perhaps related to 𐫀𐫢𐫐𐫗 (ʾškn /iškenn-/, “to break”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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šikanja
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| Dari reading?
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šikanja
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| Iranian reading?
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šekanje
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| Tajik reading?
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šikanja
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Noun
شکنجه • (šekanje)
- torment; torture
c. 1030, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]:هر آن روزی که گفتم شادمانم
شکنجه گشت شادی بر روانم- har ān rōzē ki guftam šādmān-am
šikanja gašt šadī bar rawān-am - During all those days when I said I was happy,
Happiness turned into torture on my soul.
- rack, stocks (torture device)
Derived terms
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʿšqync”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 92