اسب

See also: اسپ‎ and است‎

Laki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah (compare Northern Kurdish hesp, esp, Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀‎ (aspa), Persian اسب‎), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas (compare Sanskrit अश्व (áśva)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

اسب (asb)

  1. horse

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*h1éḱwos

From earlier اسپ‎ (asp), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾsp̄ /asp/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (aspa), from Old Median *aspah (compare Old Persian 𐎠𐎿 (asa)), from Proto-Iranian *Hácwah (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀‎ (aspa), Northern Kurdish hesp, esp, Pashto آس‎ (ās), Ossetian ефс (efs)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas (compare Sanskrit अश्व (áśva)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (compare Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), Armenian էշ (ēš, “donkey”), Lithuanian ašva (“mare”), Latin equus).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

Dari اسب
Iranian Persian
Tajik асп, асб (asp, asb)

اسب • (asb) (plural اسب‌ها‎ (asb-hâ) or اسبان‎ (asbân))

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Derived terms

  • آرِیاسب‎ (âriyâsb)
  • اَسپِست‎ (aspest)
  • اَسپ‌بُد‎ (aspbod)

See also

Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج‎ (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
شاه‎ (šâh) وزیر‎ (vazir) رخ‎ (rox),
قلعه‎ (qal'e)
فیل‎ (fil) اسب (asb) پیاده‎ (piyâde),
سرباز‎ (sarbâz)

Further reading

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