فشفشه

Persian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic: hissing sound of a firecracker.

Pronunciation

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

Readings
Iranian reading?	fešfeše

Noun

فشفشه • (fešfeše) (plural فشفشه‌ها (fešfeše-hâ))

1. sparkler
2. firework, skyrocket
3. flare
4. firecracker

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فشفشه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim