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Persian
Etymology
A native formation, whose constituents ultimately go back to Proto-Iranian *niš- (“down, away”) and *hwar- (“to eat, consume”). Cognate with Pashto شخوند (šxwand, “chewing, rumination; cud”), Waziri (xšan, “piece of bread”), (xšān, “chewing the cud”). Akin to Old Armenian նշխար (nšxar, “remnants of food”), Aghwan 𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜 (nišeq̇aṭ, “dinner”), Iranian borrowings.
Noun
نشخوار • (nešxâr, nešxvâr, nošxâr)
- chewing the cud, rumination
- cud
- remnants of animal fodder
References
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- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նշխար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 461–462
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 478
- Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 563
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نشخوار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, page 342