جخش

Persian

Etymology

From either Parthian [script needed] (yxš /⁠yaxš⁠/, “a class of demon”) or Sogdian [script needed] (ykš /⁠yakš⁠/, “fiend, devil, Yaksha, ghost”), ultimately from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).

Noun

جخش • (jaxš)

  1. (Transoxianan, obsolete) goitre
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