Talk:منشار

RFV discussion: November 2020–January 2021
Rfv-sense: "winnowing fan" فين أخاي (talk) 01:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It was added by in 2015, with a reference to Steingass. The template didn't have the page number specified, but I was able to find the entry here and I updated the template. I don't know if anyone in the real world has ever used it, but the dictionary does, in fact, have that sense. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:52, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I have since come to the conclusion that Steingass may not be so reliable. What do others think? Benwing2 (talk) 02:43, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * OTOH, Lane's dictionary says "Also [but less commonly] A wooden implement with prongs, [lit., fingers,] with which wheat and the like are winnowed." Benwing2 (talk) 02:46, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * That sense ("A wooden implement with prongs with which wheat and the like are winnowed") is also recorded in Dehkhoda Dictionary, which cites the dictionaries اقرب الموارد (an Arabic dictionary), Anandraj (Persian), منتهی‌الارب (Arabic -> Persian), and ناظم الاطبا (Persian) for this particular sense. --Z 13:23, 4 November 2020 (UTC)


 * RFV-kept. Steingass is not especially reliable, but if it's in Lane, then it's based on real classical usage. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 21:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)