دشت

See also: دست

Khalaj

Noun

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

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	دشتوارا	دشتلَروارا

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.

Noun


Iranian Persian	دشت
Dari	دشت
Tajik	дашт

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

Derived terms

دشت سیلابی (dašt-e seylâbi)

Descendants

→ Arabic: دست (dast)
→ Khalaj: dəşt
→ Urdu: دشت (dašt)

Etymology 2

From 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


Iranian Persian	دشت
Dari	دشت
Tajik	дашт

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

first income, handsel

Synonyms

دستلاف (dastlâf)
سفته (safte)
دشت اول

Descendants

Arabic: داشن (dāšan)

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

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

evil, wicked
foul, offensive

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (dašt).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əʃt̪/

Noun

دشت • (daśt) m (Hindi spelling दश्त)

desert
wasteland, an arid plain

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