مشام

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ˈʃɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ʃɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ʃɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.ʃɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.ʃɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.ʃɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ʃɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	mašām
Dari reading?	mašām
Iranian reading?	mašâm
Tajik reading?	mašom

Noun

مشام • (mašâm)

1. sense of smell
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 287”, in دیوان حافظ‎^[1]:

     هم گلستان خیالم ز تو پر نقش و نگار
     هم مشام دلم از زلف سمن‌سای تو خوش

     ham gulistān-i xayālam zi tō pur naqš u nigār
     ham mašām-i dilam az zulf-i saman-sā-yi tu xwaš

     The garden of my imagination is full of paintings and decoration thanks to you,
     My heart's sense of smell is pleased by your jasmine-rubbing locks.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. nose

   Synonyms: دماغ (damâğ), بینی (bini)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 114”, in دیوان حافظ‎^[2]:

     ز خاک کوی تو هر گه که دم زند حافظ
     نسیم گلشن جان در مشام ما افتد

     zi xāk-i kōy-i tō har gah ki dam zanad hāfiz
     nasīm-i gulšan-i jān dar mašām-i mā uftad

     Every time Ḥāfiẓ breathes in the earth of your street,
     The fragrance of the soul's rose garden falls into my nose.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مشام”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مشام”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim