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

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