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	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

Dari	دشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дашт

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

1. plain, field
2. desert
3. burial ground
4. chessboard
5. dry musk

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

Dari	دشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дашт

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

1. first income, handsel

   Synonym: دشت اول

Synonyms

• دستلاف (dastlâf)
• سفته (safte)

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))

1. evil, wicked
2. foul, offensive

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دشت (dašt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əʃt̪/

Noun

دشت • (daśt) m (Hindi spelling दश्त)

1. desert
2. wasteland, an arid plain