خشنسار

Persian

یک خَشَنسار

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ʃan.ˈsɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.ʃän.sɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.ʃän.sɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.ʃän.sɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.ʃän.sɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.ʃæn.sɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.ʃän.sɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xašansār
Dari reading?	xašansār
Iranian reading?	xašansâr
Tajik reading?	xašansor

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)

Related terms

• مرغابی (morğâbi), اردک (ordak), بَت (bat)

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.