فلاخن

Persian

Alternative forms

• فلاخان (falâxân)
• فلخم (falaxm)
• فلخمه (falaxme)
• فلخمان (falaxmân)
• فلماخن (falmâxan)
• پلخم (palaxm, palxem)
• پلخمان (palaxmân, pelaxmân)
• بلخم (balxam)

Etymology

From Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬑𐬴𐬀𐬥𐬁 (fradaxṣ̌anā, “sling”)), probably via Bactrian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fælɒːˈxæn/

Noun

فلاخن • (falâxan) (plural فلاخن‌ها (falâxan-hâ))

1. sling (weapon)

   Synonyms: قلاب‌سنگ (qollâb-sang), کلاسنگ (kalâsang)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فلاحن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies‎^[1] (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 3