محاصره

محاصره

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَاصَرَة‎ (muḥāṣara, “besieging, blockading”).

Noun

محاصره • (muhāsará) f

1. siege, blockade, encirclement

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَاصَرَة‎ (muḥāṣara, “besieging, blockading”), from the root ح ص ر‎ (ḥ-ṣ-r) related with blockage and restrainment.

Noun

محاصره • (mohâsere)

1. encirclement
2. siege

Derived terms

• محاصره کردن‎ (“to girt, to surround, to besiege”)

References

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