دشت

See also: دست

Khalaj

Noun

دَشت (dəşt) (definite accusative دَشتی, plural دَشتلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of dəşt (desert, steppe)

Declension

Declension of دشت
singular plural
nominative دشت دشتلَر
genitive دشتۆݧ دشتلَریݧ
dative دشتکه دشتلَرکه
definite accusative دشتۆ دشتلَری
locative دشتچه دشتلَرچه
ablative دشتده دشتلَرده
instrumental دشتله دشتلَرله
equative دشتواره دشتلَرواره

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dašt
Dari reading? dašt
Iranian reading? dašt
Tajik reading? dašt

Noun

دشت • (dašt) (plural دشت‌ها (dašt-hā / dašt-hâ), Tajik spelling дашт)

  1. plain, field
  2. desert
    • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “In the Presence of Shah-i Hamadan”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎[1]:
      زندگی جولان میان کوہ و دشت
      ای خنک موجی کہ از ساحل گذشت
      zindagī jawalān-i miyān-i kōh u dašt
      ay xunak mawj-ē ki az sāhil guzašt
      Life is to leap amidst mountain and desert
      Happy is the wave that has transgressed the shore!
      (Indo-Persian script)
  3. burial ground
  4. chessboard
  5. dry musk
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Arabic: دست (dast)
  • Khalaj: dəşt
  • Urdu: دشت (dašt)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dšn' /⁠dašn⁠/, right hand), 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)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dašt
Dari reading? dašt
Iranian reading? dašt
Tajik reading? dašt

Noun

دشت • (dašt) (plural دشت‌ها (dašt-hā / dašt-hâ), Tajik spelling дашт)

  1. first income, handsel
    Synonym: دشت اول
Synonyms
  • دستلاف (dastlâf)
  • سفته (safte)
Descendants

Etymology 3

From or related to Proto-Iranian *duš-. Cognate with Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dušt
Dari reading? dušt
Iranian reading? došt
Tajik reading? dušt

Adjective

دشت • (dušt / došt) (comparative دشت‌تَر, superlative دشت‌تَرین, Tajik spelling душт)

  1. evil, wicked
  2. foul, offensive

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَشْت (dašt).

Pronunciation

Noun

دَشْت • (daśtm (Hindi spelling दश्त)

  1. desert
  2. wasteland, an arid plain