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شکنجه
شکنجه
Persian
Alternative forms
اشکنجه
(
eškanje
)
(
dialectal
)
Noun
شکنجه
•
(
šekanje
)
torment
;
torture
References
Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond
(2004),
“ʿšqync”, in
A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian
(Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum
;
3.1), Turnhout
:
Brepols,
page 92
Etymology
Akin to Manichaean
Parthian
ʿšqync
(
iškenǰ
,
“
twisted rope
”
)
.
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