ملخ

Etymology
From (written as Pazend ), borrowed from, from , itself probably related to 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 loanword , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The inherited Southwestern Iranian form is (> ); the wide phonetic variation in the word's relatives is induced by the taboo of the inauspicious locust.

Noun

 * 1)  grasshopper
 * 2) locust
 * 3) propeller