زمخت

Persian

Alternative forms

  • زمخک (zomoxk)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian *uzmōxt, from Proto-Iranian *uc- (outward, upward, away) + the stem known from Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬨𐬎𐬑𐬙𐬌 f (framuxti, unleashing), Sanskrit मुक्ति f (mukti, liberation), मुक्त (mukta, free).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zʊ.mʊ́xt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zʊ.mʊ́xt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zu.múxt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? zumuxt, zamuxt
Dari reading? zumuxt
Iranian reading? zomoxt
Tajik reading? zumuxt

Adjective

زمخت • (zomoxt) (comparative زمخت‌تَر (zomoxt-tar), superlative زمخت‌تَرین (zomoxt-tarin))

  1. coarse, rough, harsh
  2. (dated or dialectal) astringent
  3. (archaic) miserly, stingy

References

  • Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 208–209 Nr. 612
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زمخت”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 141b
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