خاش

See also: خاس and چاش

Persian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

خاش • (xâš) (obsolete)

1. bent of minute particles of wood, straw, rags or other things, chips, parings
2. strife, fight, battle, war

Derived terms

• پرخاش (porxâš, “strife, fight, battle, war”)
• خاشاک (xâšâk, “sticks, straw, or other mixed minute things”)
• خاشک (xâšak, “sticks, straw, or other mixed minute things; a basket or chest for storage”)
• خاشه (xâša, “sticks, straw; furze; rancour, envy”)

Etymology 2

Compare Persian خوش (“pleasant”).

Adjective

خاش • (xâš) (comparative خاش‌تَر (xâš-tar), superlative خاش‌تَرین (xâš-tarin))

1. (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) happy

References

• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “خاش”, 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^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 638b