سخن suḵẖun, suḵẖan, or saḵẖun
P سخن suḵẖun, suḵẖan, or saḵẖun [old P. sahvan; Pehl. śakhun; Zend sāqeni, rt. śaq or śaṅh = शस्], s.m. Speech, language, discourse, word, words;—thing, business, affair (syn. bāt):—suḵẖan-ārā, adj. Adorning language or discourse, eloquent:—suḵẖan-ārāʼī, s.f. Eloquence, elocution, display of language:—suḵẖan-pardāz, adj. & s.m. Talking; fluent, eloquent;—a fluent orator:—suḵẖan-pardāzī, s.f. Eloquence:—suḵẖan-parwar, adj. & s.m. Adhering to one's word; bigoted, prejudiced;—a poet, an author;—one who adheres to his word, or to his opinions:—suḵẖan-parwarī, s.f. Obstinate adherence to one's word or opinion:—suḵẖan-takya, s.m. 'A prop-word,' an expletive (syn. takya-kalām, q.v.):—suḵẖan-jān = suḵẖan-dān, q.v.:—suḵẖan-ćīn, s.m. Critic, hypercritic; informer, tale-bearer, spy; calumniator:—suḵẖan-ćīnī, s.f. Hypercriticism; detraction, slander, tale-bearing:—suḵẖan-dān, adj. & s.m. Skilled in language, eloquent;—a scholar; an orator; a poet:—suḵẖan-dānī, s.f. Knowledge of language, philology; eloquence, oratory:—suḵẖan denā, To pledge (one's) word, to promise, to vow:—suḵẖan ḍālnā (-par), To ask, question, interrogate; to beg:—suḵẖan ḍāl-denā, To refuse, reject:—suḵẖan-rān, adj. & s.m. Lengthening a discourse, prolix;—an orator, a rhetorician:-suḵẖan-rānī, s.f. Oratory, eloquence, elocution, rhetoric:—suḵẖan-ras, adj. Intelligent, penetrating; attending to what is said; eloquent:—suḵẖan-zan, adj. & s.m. Speaking (readily); intelligent;—a poet; a relater of tales; a liar:—suḵẖan-sāz, s.m. Orator, speaker; a poet; one who makes words to suit his purpose, a deceiver:—suḵẖan-sāzī, s.f. Oratory, elocution, eloquence, address;—fabrication, invention; defamation:—suḵẖan-sanj, adj. & s.m. Weighing one's words, prudent;—one who weighs his words, a wise or prudent man; a poet:—suḵẖan-shinās, adj. & s.m. Knowing or conversant in language, eloquent; a scholar; an orator; a poet:—suḵẖan-t̤irāzī, s.f. Eloquence:—suḵẖan-ě-gaibī, s.f. Fore-telling, predicting; second sight:—suḵẖan-fahm, adj. Quick of apprehension, intelligent; conversant in language, &c. (=suḵẖan-shinās, q.v.):—suḵẖan-fahmī, s.f. Intelligence, understanding, apprehension:—suḵẖan-go, adj. & s.m. Speaking; praising; eloquent;—an orator; a poet:—suḵẖan-goʼī, s.f. Speaking, speech; oratory, rhetoric, eloquence; praise; poetry; the poetic art:—suḵẖan-nā-shinav or shanau, adj. Not attending to advice, inattentive:—suḵẖan-nā-shinavī or shanauʼī, s.f. Inattention to advice, inattention, heedlessness:—sukhan-war, adj. Eloquent:—suḵẖan-warī, s.f. Eloquence, rhetoric, &c. (=suḵẖan-goʼī, q.v.).
