فشنگ

• From فش‎ (feš, “(archaic) a sibilant or hissing sound”).
• According to Dehkhoda, possibly from گلفهشنگ‎ (galafahšang, golfahšang, “stalagmite”).
• According to Mo'in Dictionary, via Arabic, supposedly from پشنگ‎ (pašang, “splash”)
• A common narrative in the West derives from Ancient Greek φυσίγγη (phusíngē), φῦσιγξ (phûsinx), whence Modern Greek φυσίγγιο (fysíngio).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /fiˈʃanɡ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /fɪˈʃanɡ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /feˈʃænɡ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /fiˈʃanɡ/

فشنگ • (fešang) (plural فشنگ‌ها‎ (fešang-hâ))

1. bullet (A projectile)

• → Azerbaijani: fişəng
• → Ottoman Turkish: فشك‎ (fişek), فشنك‎ (fişenk)
  • Turkish: fişek
  • Crimean Tatar: fişenk
  • → Albanian: fishek
  • → Arabic: فَشَك‎ (fašak)
  • → Armenian: ֆիշենկ (fišenk), ֆշանգ (fšang), ֆշանք (fšankʿ), փշանգ (pʿšang)
  • → Bulgarian: фише́к (fišék)
  • → Greek: φυσέκι (fyséki), φισέκι (fiséki)
  • Kurdish:

    → Northern Kurdish: fîşek

    → Central Kurdish: فیشەک‎ (fîşek)

  • → Macedonian: фишек (fišek)
  • → Romanian: fișic
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: фѝшек

    Latin script: fìšek

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “فشنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press, page فش