شکنجه

شکنجه

Persian

Alternative forms

• اشکنجه‎ (eškanje) (dialectal)

Etymology

Akin to Manichaean Parthian ʿšqync (iškenǰ, “twisted rope”).

Noun

شکنجه • (šekanje)

1. 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