خاش

See also: خاس‎ and چاش‎

Persian

Etymology 1

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Noun

خاش • (xâš) (obsolete)

  1. bent of minute particles of wood, straw, rags or other things, chips, parings
  2. strife, fight, battle, war
Derived terms
  • پرخاش‎ (porxâš, “strife, fight, battle, war”)
  • خاشاک‎ (xâšâk, “sticks, straw, or other mixed minute things”)
  • خاشک‎ (xâšak, “sticks, straw, or other mixed minute things; a basket or chest for storage”)
  • خاشه‎ (xâša, “sticks, straw; furze; rancour, envy”)

Etymology 2

Compare Persian خوش‎ (“pleasant”).

Adjective

خاش • (xâš) (comparative خاش‌تَر‎ (xâš-tar), superlative خاش‌تَرین‎ (xâš-tarin))

  1. (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) happy

References
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855), “خاش”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume 1, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 638b
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