Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• [Avestan needed] ‎(daštān) (Pazend)

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)

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, Hračʿeay (1971), “դաշտան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, 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] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, columns 676–677
• “d$tn)”, 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 1456763636