دشت

See also: دست

Persian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa).

Adjective

دشت • (došt) (comparative دشت‌تَر (došt-tar), superlative دشت‌تَرین (došt-tarin))

1. evil, wicked
2. foul, offensive

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian [script needed] (dšt' /⁠dašt⁠/, “desert, field, plain”) from Proto-Iranian *dáxštah. Compare Armenian դաշտ (dašt, “plain, field”), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

Dari	دشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дашт

دشت • (dašt) (plural دشت‌ها (dašt-hâ))

1. plain, field
2. desert
3. burial ground
4. chessboard
5. dry musk

Descendants

• Arabic: دست (dast)
• Urdu: دشت (dašt)

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian right hand (dšn' /⁠dašn⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *dášinah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáćšinas, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-i-no-s, from *deḱs- (“right (side)”).

Alternative forms

• دشن (dašn)

Noun

Dari	دشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дашт

دشت • (dašt) (plural دشت‌ها (dašt-hâ))

1. first income

Descendants

• Arabic: داشن (dāšan)

Synonyms

• دستلاف (dastlāf)
• سفته (safte)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دشت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دشت (dašt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əʃt̪/

Noun

دشت • (daśt) m (Hindi spelling दश्त)

1. desert
2. wasteland, an arid plain