"دستمال" meaning in Persian

See دستمال in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [dast.mɑːl] [Classical-Persian], [d̪äst̪.mɑːl] [Dari, formal], [d̪äst̪.mɑːl] [Dari, formal], [d̪äst̪.mɑːl] [Kabuli], [d̪äst̪.mɔːl̥] (note: Hazaragi), [d̪æst̪.mɒːl̥] [Iran, formal], [d̪äst̪.mɔl] [Tajik, formal] Forms: dastmâl [romanization], دستمالها [plural]
Etymology: From دست (dast) + مال (mâl-). Etymology templates: {{compound|fa|دست|مال|tr1=dast|tr2=mâl-}} دست (dast) + مال (mâl-) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|دستمالها|||||f1tr=dastmâl-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=dastmâl|tr2=|tr3=}} دستمال • (dastmâl) (plural دستمالها (dastmâl-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=دستمالها|tr=dastmâl}} دستمال • (dastmâl) (plural دستمالها (dastmâl-hâ))
  1. handkerchief
    Sense id: en-دستمال-fa-noun-WjJBCFCK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. napkin
    Sense id: en-دستمال-fa-noun-nbRGEc9K Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: دستمال کاغذی (dastmâl-kâğazi)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dastmâl-kâğazi",
      "word": "دستمال کاغذی"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "dəsmal"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: dəsmal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: dəsmal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "таҫтамал"
          },
          "expansion": "Bashkir: таҫтамал (taśtamal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bashkir: таҫтамал (taśtamal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "દસ્તમાલ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: દસ્તમાલ (dastamāl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: દસ્તમાલ (dastamāl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "destmal"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Kurdish: destmal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Kurdish: destmal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tab",
            "2": "дасмал"
          },
          "expansion": "Tabasaran: дасмал (dasmal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tabasaran: дасмал (dasmal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zza",
            "2": "destmale"
          },
          "expansion": "Zazaki: destmale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Zazaki: destmale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "دست",
        "3": "مال",
        "tr1": "dast",
        "tr2": "mâl-"
      },
      "expansion": "دست (dast) + مال (mâl-)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From دست (dast) + مال (mâl-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dastmâl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دستمالها",
      "roman": "dastmâl-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "دستمالها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "dastmâl-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "dastmâl",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "دستمال • (dastmâl) (plural دستمالها (dastmâl-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "دستمالها",
        "tr": "dastmâl"
      },
      "expansion": "دستمال • (dastmâl) (plural دستمالها (dastmâl-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Why have handkerchiefs become expensive in Qazvin?",
          "roman": "čerâ dastmâl dar qazvin gerân šod?",
          "text": "چرا دستمال در قزوین گران شد؟",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "handkerchief"
      ],
      "id": "en-دستمال-fa-noun-WjJBCFCK",
      "links": [
        [
          "handkerchief",
          "handkerchief"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "napkin"
      ],
      "id": "en-دستمال-fa-noun-nbRGEc9K",
      "links": [
        [
          "napkin",
          "napkin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[dast.mɑːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɑːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɑːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɑːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɔːl̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪æst̪.mɒːl̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɔl]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "دستمال"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian compound terms",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "dastmâl-kâğazi",
      "word": "دستمال کاغذی"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "dəsmal"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: dəsmal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: dəsmal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "таҫтамал"
          },
          "expansion": "Bashkir: таҫтамал (taśtamal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bashkir: таҫтамал (taśtamal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "દસ્તમાલ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: દસ્તમાલ (dastamāl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: દસ્તમાલ (dastamāl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "destmal"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Kurdish: destmal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Kurdish: destmal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tab",
            "2": "дасмал"
          },
          "expansion": "Tabasaran: дасмал (dasmal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tabasaran: дасмал (dasmal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zza",
            "2": "destmale"
          },
          "expansion": "Zazaki: destmale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Zazaki: destmale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "دست",
        "3": "مال",
        "tr1": "dast",
        "tr2": "mâl-"
      },
      "expansion": "دست (dast) + مال (mâl-)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From دست (dast) + مال (mâl-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dastmâl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دستمالها",
      "roman": "dastmâl-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "دستمالها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "dastmâl-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "dastmâl",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "دستمال • (dastmâl) (plural دستمالها (dastmâl-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "دستمالها",
        "tr": "dastmâl"
      },
      "expansion": "دستمال • (dastmâl) (plural دستمالها (dastmâl-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Why have handkerchiefs become expensive in Qazvin?",
          "roman": "čerâ dastmâl dar qazvin gerân šod?",
          "text": "چرا دستمال در قزوین گران شد؟",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "handkerchief"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handkerchief",
          "handkerchief"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "napkin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "napkin",
          "napkin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[dast.mɑːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɑːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɑːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɑːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɔːl̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪æst̪.mɒːl̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪äst̪.mɔl]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "دستمال"
}

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