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))

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 (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 3

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