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اسب
اسب
Persian
Alternative forms
- اسپ (asp)
Etymology
From earlier اسپ (asp), from Middle Persian SWSYA / ʾsp̄ (asp), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (aspa), from 𐎠𐎿 (asa) (influenced by Median *aspa-), from Proto-Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀 (aspa), Kurdish hesp, esp, Pashto آس (ās), Ossetian ефс (efs)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (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
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ʔæsb/
Noun
Dari | اسب |
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Iranian Persian | اسب |
Tajik | асб (asb) |
اسب • (asb) (plural اسبها (asb-hâ) or اسبان (asbân))
Derived terms
- اسبی (asbi)
Related terms
- اسپست (aspest)
- اسپبد (aspbod)
- آریاسب (âriyâsb)
See also
Chess pieces in Persian · مهرههای شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text) | |||||
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شاه (šâh) | وزیر (vazir) | رخ (rox), قلعه (qal'e) |
فیل (fil) | اسب (asb) | پیاده (piyâde), سرباز (sarbâz) |