پاشنا

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] [script needed] (pāšnag), from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂ (“heel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːʃ.ˈnɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːʃ.nɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːʃ.nɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːʃ.nɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːʃ.nɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːʃ.nɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔʃ.nɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	pāšnā
Dari reading?	pāšnā
Iranian reading?	pâšnâ
Tajik reading?	pošno

Noun

Dari	پاشنا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пошно

پاشنا • (pâšnâ)

1. the heel
2. a cucumber, melon, or pumpkin kept for seed

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892.