گشت

Persian

Etymology 1

From گشتن‎ (gaštan).

Noun

گشت • (gašt)

  1. patrol, watch
    ‏گشت بودن‎ ― gašt budan ― to be on patrol
Derived terms
  • گشت زدن‎ (gašt zadan)
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: gəşt
  • → Urdu: گشت‎ (gaśt)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كشت‎ (geşt)
  • → Hindi: गश्त (gaśt)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐮅𐮍𐮎𐮈‎ (wspy), from Old Persian 𐎻𐎿𐎱 (vi-s-p /vispa/), a borrowing from Old Median [Term?] (/*vispa/). Inherited from Proto-Iranian *wícwah (“all, every; whole”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíćwas (“all, every”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wiḱ/wo-.

Perhaps influenced from the Book Pahlavi script; >wisp >*gisp/t >*gišp/t >gišt.

Cognate with Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭎𐭐‎ (wysp /wisp/), Sogdian 𐫇𐫏𐫘𐫛‎ (wysp /wisp/), Bactrian οισπο (oispo /wīsp/), Old Persian 𐎻𐎿 (vi-s /visa/), and Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬀‎ (vīspa).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɡiʃt/

Adjective

گشت • (gešt)

  1. all, everyone
Synonyms
  • وسف‎ (wisf) (Classical Persian Zoroastrian texts)
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