اسپست
Persian
Alternative forms
- اسپس (espes, aspes), سپست (spest)
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): /aspist/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /aspɪst/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /æspest/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /aspist/
Noun
اسپست • (espest, aspest)
- alfalfa, lucerne
Synonyms
- یونجه (yonje)
Derived terms
- دیواسپست (div-espest)
Related terms
- اسپ (asp)
See also
- اسپرس (espers)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ասպաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 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