köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tyšnk' /tišnag/), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnakah, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”). Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀 (taršna), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʻaṙamim), English thirst.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian تشنه (tišna), from Middle Persian tyšnk' (tišnag), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnakah, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”). Doublet of तृष्णा (tŕṣṇā), a tatsama. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀 (taršna), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ…
köken: Probably ultimately from Latin famelicus, through a Vulgar Latin root *flamenicus, or alternatively from a root *famulentus, from famēs (compare Portuguese famulento), through an intermediate form *flamuentus. A less likely origin is flammabundus. Compare Megleno-Romanian flămund.