ܕܣܦܪܛܪ
Sogdian
Etymology
From [script needed] (*δast-partar), a compound of ܕܣܛ (δst /*δast-/, “hand”), on which see دست (dast), and [script needed] (prtr- /*partar-/, “to dry up, wipe off”), the latter ultimately composed of the Proto-Iranian preverb *pari- and the verbal root *tarH- (“to rub, wipe (?)”) from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub”).
Noun
ܕܣܦܪܛܪ (dsprtr /*δaspartar/)
- (Christian Sogdian) hand towel, handkerchief
- :
- […] c'nw 'wstỵtỵ̣ dsprtrỵ̣ cỵntr p't pcqw(ỵ̣)r-msq […]
Descendants
- → Persian: لسپردرک (laspardarak)
- → Yiddish: לאַפּסערדאַק (lapserdak) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Gharib, B. (1995), “dsprtr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 144a
- Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 42b
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 373
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1982), “Etimologičeskije zametki. I [Etymological Notes. I]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), issue I, Yerevan: Academy Press, ISSN 0135-0536, pages 56–57