اسپست
Persian
Alternative forms
- اسپس (espes, aspes), سپست (sepest, sapest), آسپست (âspest)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾspst' /aspast/), from Middle Median *aspast, from Old Median *aspāstiš, from Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš (“alfalfa, lucerne”, literally “fodder for horses”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔas.ˈpist/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäs.pʰɪst̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæs.pʰest̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäs.pʰist̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | aspist |
| Dari reading? | aspist |
| Iranian reading? | aspest |
| Tajik reading? | aspist |
Noun
اسپست • (espest, aspest)
Derived terms
- دیواسپست (div-espest)
Related terms
- اسپ (asp)
See also
- اسپرس (espers)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասպաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 272ab
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 79, page 19
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 56