بنفشه

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian wnpšk' (wanafšag, “violet”); see there for more.

Noun

بنفشه • (banafše) (plural بنفشه‌ها (banafše-hâ))

1. violet (flower)

   بنفشه فرنگی ― banafše-ye farangi ― pansy

Derived terms

• بنفشه‌گون (banafšegun)
• بنفشه‌زار (banafšezâr)

Related terms

• بنفش (banafš)
• ـه (-e)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wanafšag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بنفشه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Proper noun

بنفشه • (Banafše)

1. a female given name, Banafsheh