فشنگ

See also: قشنگ

Persian

Etymology

• From فش (feš, “(archaic) a sibilant or hissing sound”).
• According to Dehkhoda, possibly from گلفهشنگ (galafahšang, golfahšang, “stalagmite”).
• According to Mo'in Dictionary, via Arabic, supposedly from پشنگ (pašang, “splash”)
• A common narrative in the West derives from Ancient Greek φυσίγγη (phusíngē), φῦσιγξ (phûsinx), whence Modern Greek φυσίγγιο (fysíngio).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fi.ˈʃanɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ʃǽŋɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ʃǽŋɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ʃǽŋɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fi.ʃǽŋɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fe.ʃǽɲɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fi.ʃǽŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	fišang
Iranian reading?	fešang
Tajik reading?	fišang

Noun

فشنگ • (fešang) (plural فشنگ‌ها (fešang-hâ))

1. bullet (A projectile)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: fişəng
• → Turkmen: peşeň
• → Ottoman Turkish: فشك (fişek), فشنك (fişenk)
  • Turkish: fişek
  • Crimean Tatar: fişenk
  • → Albanian: fishek
  • → Arabic: فَشَك (fašak)
  • → Armenian: ֆիշենկ (fišenk), ֆշանգ (fšang), ֆշանք (fšankʻ), փշանգ (pʻšang)
  • → Bulgarian: фише́к (fišék)
  • → Greek: φυσέκι (fyséki), φισέκι (fiséki)
  • Kurdish:

    → Northern Kurdish: fîşek

    → Central Kurdish: فیشەک (fîşek)

  • → Macedonian: фишек (fišek)
  • → Romanian: fișic
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: фѝшек

    Latin script: fìšek

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فشنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press, page فش