پشه

See also: بسة

Khalaj

Noun

پَشّه (paşşa) (definite accusative پَشّه‌نؽ, plural پَشّه‌لار)

1. Arabic spelling of paşşa (“mosquito, gnat”)

Declension

Declension of پشه

	singular	plural
nominative	پشه	پشه‌لار
genitive	پشه‌ݧ	پشه‌لارؽݧ
dative	پشه‌قا	پشه‌لارقا
definite accusative	پشه‌ݧ	پشه‌لارؽ
locative	پشه‌چا	پشه‌لارچا
ablative	پشه‌دا	پشه‌لاردا
instrumental	پشه‌لا	پشه‌لارلا
equative	پشه‌وارا	پشه‌لاروارا

Persian

Alternative forms

• پخچه (paxče) (dialectal, Kazerun)
• پخشه (paxše) (dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (phšk' /⁠paxšag⁠/, “mosquito, gnat”), from Old Iranian *paxšaka-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pa.ʃa], [paʃ.ʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ʃä], [pʰäʃ.ʃä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ʃä], [pʰäʃ.ʃä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ʃä], [pʰäʃ.ʃä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ʃä], [pʰäʃ.ʃä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.ʃe], [pʰæʃ.ʃe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ʃä], [pʰäʃ.ʃä]

Readings
Classical reading?	paša, pašša
Dari reading?	paša, pašša
Iranian reading?	paša, pašše
Tajik reading?	paša, pašša

Noun

Dari	پشه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пашша

پشه • (paše or pašše) (plural پشه‌ها (paše-hâ))

1. mosquito

   Synonyms: کورپشه (kur-paše), خاموشک (xâmušak), موشه (muše), سارخک (sâraxk), سپیدپر (sepid-par)

2. (dialectal) fly

   Synonym: مگس (magas)

Derived terms

• پشه‌بند (paše-band, “mosquito net”)

Descendants

• → Khalaj: paşşa (“mosquito”)
• → Uyghur: پاشا (pasha, “mosquito”)
• → Uzbek: pashsha (“fly”)
• → Kazakh: маса (masa, “mosquito”)

Southwestern Fars

Alternative forms

• (Masarm, Deh Sarv) پخشه (paxša)

Noun

پشه (paša)

1. (Kuzarg) fly