پشم

See also: بسم‎, تشم‎, and تسم‎

Persian
Dari پشم
Iranian Persian
Tajik пашм (pašm)
پشم

Etymology

From Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (pašman)[1][2] from Proto-Iranian *pášma, Proto-Indo-Iranian *páćšma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“wool, to pluck wool”).[3]

Noun

پشم • (pašm)

  1. wool
    ‏پشمِ گوسفند‎‎ ― pašm-e gusfand ― fleece (lit. sheep wool)
  2. (slang) androgenic hair
    ‏پشمِ سینه‎‎ ― pašm-e sine ― chest hair
  3. (slang) pubic hair

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 797
  2. M. Tavoosî, A Glossary of Shâyast Nê Shâyast, Shirâz University publications, 1986, pages 123 and 125
  3. Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 357
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