dštʾn'

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• [Avestan needed] (daštān) (Pazend)

Etymology

Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian dxštʾn (daxštān, “menstruation; menstuous”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬙𐬀 (daxšta, “sign; sign of bodily flaw; menstruation”), 𐬛𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (daxštauuaⁱtī, “menstruous”).

Noun

dštʾn' • (daštān)

1. menstruation

Adjective

dštʾn' • (daštān)

1. menstruous

Derived terms

• dštʾnstʾn' (daštānestān, “secluded place for menstruous women”)
• dštʾnmʾh (daštān-māh, “menstrual cycle”)
• dštʾnʾwmnd (daštānōmand, “menstruous”)

Descendants

• Persian: دشتان (daštân)
• → Aramaic:
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דִּשְׁתָּנָא (dištānā), דִּיסְתָּנָא (dīstānā)
  • Mandaic: ࡃࡀࡔࡕࡀࡍࡀ (daštānā)
• → Georgian: დაშტანი (dašṭani) (possibly via Armenian)
• → Old Armenian: դաշտան (daštan)
  • → Armenian: դաշտան (daštan) (learned)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “daštān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 25
• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “dxštʾn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 148a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դաշտան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 624a
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 135
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 570, page 127
• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 676–677
• “dštnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) “דִּיסְתָּנָא”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 303a
• Shooshtary, Dakhil (2012) “Menstruation”, in Mandaic Dictionary: English Mandaic, Bloomington: AuthorHouse, →ISBN