فشنگ

See also: قشنگ

Persian

Etymology

From (feš, “(archaic) a sibilant or hissing sound”).
According to Dehkhoda, possibly from (galafahšang, golfahšang, “stalagmite”).
According to Mo'in Dictionary, via Arabic, supposedly from (pašang, “splash”)
A common narrative in the West derives from Ancient Greek φυσίγγη (phusíngē), φῦσιγξ (phûsinx), whence Modern Greek φυσίγγιο (fysíngio).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fi.ˈʃanɡ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ʃǽŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ʃǽŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fi.ʃǽŋɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fe.ʃǽɲɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fi.ʃǽŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	fišang
Dari reading^?	fišang
Iranian reading^?	fešang
Tajik reading^?	fišang

Noun

فشنگ • (fešang) (plural فشنگ‌ها)

bullet (A projectile)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: fişəng
→ Turkmen: peşeň
→ Ottoman Turkish: فشك (fişek), فشنك (fişenk)
- Turkish: fişek
- Crimean Tatar: fişenk
- → Albanian: fishek
- → Arabic: فَشَك (fašak)
- → Armenian: ֆիշենկ (fišenk), ֆշանգ (fšang), ֆշանք (fšankʻ), փշանգ (pʻšang)
- → Bulgarian: фише́к (fišék)
- → Greek: φυσέκι (fyséki), φισέκι (fiséki)
- Kurdish:
  → Northern Kurdish: fîşek
  → Central Kurdish: فیشەک (fîşek)
- → Macedonian: фишек (fišek)
- → Romanian: fișic
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: фѝшек
  Latin script: fìšek

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فشنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press, page فش