نیشتر

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Formed with a base ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam.

Akin to Middle Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian նիշտր (ništr), նշտրակ (nštrak), and Classical Syriac ܐܫܬܪܟܐ‎ (/ˀštrkˀ/) to be emended to ܢܫܬܪܟܐ*‎ (/*nštrkˀ/).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /niʃˈtaɾ/

Noun

نیشتر • (ništar)

  1. lancet

Descendants
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܫܬܪ‎ (naštār)
  • → Azerbaijani: neştər
  • → Georgian: ნესტარი (nesṭari)
  • → Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: niştir, neşter, niştir, nişter, niştêr
    Central Kurdish: نەشتەر‎ (neşter)
  • → Middle Armenian: նշտար (nštar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: نیشتر‎ (neşter), نشتر‎ (neşter)
  • → Pashto: نشتر‎ (naštár), نيشتر‎ (ništár)
  • → Udi: ништӏар (nišṭar)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նշտիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 462–463
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 193
  • Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 445
  • Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 203
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 1067, page 238
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1900), “Zur persischen lautlehre”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung‎ (in German), volume 36, issue 2, pages 163–164
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نیشتر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1403
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نیشتر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1442
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