خشنسار

Persian
یک خَشَنسار

Etymology

خَشَن‎ (xašan, “dark blue”) +‎ سار‎ (sâr, “head”)

Noun

خشنسار • (xašansâr)

  1. (archaic) coot
    • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
      ‏پیاده همی شد ز بهر شکار / خشنسار بد اندر آن رودبار‎
      piyâde hami šod ze bahre šekâr / xašansâr bod andar ân rudbâr
      He (Zāl) dismounted [from his horse] to hunt / and there were coots by the riverside.
    Synonyms: چَنگَر‎ (čangar), پَرلا‎ (parlâ)

References
  1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “خشنسار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  2. Kazzazi, Mir Jalaleddin, Nāme-ye Bāstān (The Ancient Book): The Interpretation of Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Vol. I, ed. 2, 2013.
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