مشام

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mašām
Dari reading? mašām
Iranian reading? mašâm
Tajik reading? mašom

Noun

مشام • (mašâm)

  1. sense of smell
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 287”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      هم گلستان خیالم ز تو پر نقش و نگار
      هم مشام دلم از زلف سمن‌سای تو خوش
      ham gulistān-i xayālam zi tō pur naqš u nigār
      ham mašām-i dilam az zulf-i saman-sā-yi tu xwaš
      The garden of my imagination is full of paintings and decoration thanks to you,
      My heart's sense of smell is pleased by your jasmine-rubbing locks.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. nose
    Synonyms: دماغ (damâġ), بینی (bini)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 114”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[2]:
      ز خاک کوی تو هر گه که دم زند حافظ
      نسیم گلشن جان در مشام ما افتد
      zi xāk-i kōy-i tō har gah ki dam zanad hāfiz
      nasīm-i gulšan-i jān dar mašām-i mā uftad
      Every time Ḥāfiẓ breathes in the earth of your street,
      The fragrance of the soul's rose garden falls into my nose.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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