شکنجه

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Manichaean Parthian ʿšqync (iškenǰ, “twisted rope”).

Noun

شکنجه • (šekanje)

  1. torment; torture

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʿšqync”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 92
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