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