اسبه

See also: استھ‎, اسپه‎, and اشبھ‎

Persian

Etymology

From Parthian 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫃‎ (ʿspg /ispag/) from West Iranian *spaka "dog-like, relating to dogs" (compare Old Median σπάκα, Northern Kurdish se, seg, and Old Armenian ասպակ (aspak, “dog”), a borrowing from Median), from Proto-Iranian *cwā́ (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁‎ (spā)), Pashto سپی‎ (spëy)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́ (compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /isˈba/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɪsˈba/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /esˈbe/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /isˈba/

Noun

اسبه • (esbe) (plural اسبه‌ها‎ (esbe-hâ))

(archaic, dialectal) dog

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اسبه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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