تخش

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaxʃ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäxʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäxʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäxʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäxʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæxʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäχʃ]

• Rhymes: -axʃ

Readings
Classical reading?	taxš
Dari reading?	taxš
Iranian reading?	taxš
Tajik reading?	taxš

Etymology 1

From تخشیدن (taxšīdan / taxšidan, “to sit on the first place”) (see Etymology 2), or from Old Persian *taxšah (“arrow”), from Proto-Iranian *taxša (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run”).

Noun

تخش • (taxš) (Tajik spelling тахш) (Classical Persian)

1. (a kind of) arrow
2. arrow laced with fire; firework
3. (a kind of) crossbow

Etymology 2

From تخشیدن (taxšīdan / taxšidan, “to sit on the first place”).

Noun

تخش • (taxš) (Tajik spelling тахш)

1. (Classical Persian) seat of honor (of a place)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

تخش • (taxs)

1. (Early New Persian) alternative form of تخس (taxs)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “تخش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “تخش”, 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^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 426
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “تخش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.