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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