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دشت

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a desert or arid plain. It is noted as being of Persian origin, possibly with coincidental similarity in Arabic.

Derived headwords

الدَّشْتnoun
  1. 1.
    Desert, plainboth

    A large, arid, and often barren area of land, typically characterized by sparse vegetation and extreme temperatures.

دَشْتnoun
  1. 1.
    Ad-dasht: the desert.both

    Ad-dasht: the desert.

Parallel reading

الدشت: الصحراء.
The desert: the wilderness.
قد علمت فارس وحمير وال‍ * أعراب بالدشت أيكم نزلا
Persia, Himyar, and the Arabs know well in the desert who among you has settled.
أخذته (1) من نعجات ست * سود نعاج كنعاج الدشت
I took it from six ewes, black ewes like the ewes of the desert.
وهو فارسي، أو اتفاق وقع بين اللغتين.
And it is Persian, or a coincidence that occurred between the two languages.