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‖ dasht|dæʃt|
[Pers. dasht desert, plain without water.]
A name in Iran and some other parts of Asia for a desert, esp. a stony desert.
[1875Encycl. Brit. III. 223/2 The Dasht-Baha-rak is an extensive plain in this district, on which was formerly situated a large city, once the capital of Badakhshan.] 1901Mem. Geol. Surv. India XXXI. 189 These floods, which, no doubt, were more frequent in former times, have spread the pebbles over large areas in the desert, giving rise to the stony plains known by the name of ‘dasht’. 1925Blackw. Mag. Mar. 333/2 The coastal belt..was..primeval dasht—a dismal succession of open mud flats, patches of low tamarisk, pools of bitter water. 1950W. B. Fisher Middle East xiii. 267 Firm sandy or stony stretches in which sand dunes (rig) may occur, giving a more ‘normal’ desert topography similar to that of Arabia or the Sahara. The term dasht is applied to this firm desert. |