Sogdian

Noun

ܕܣܦܪܛܪ ‎(dsprtr /*ẟaspartar/)

1. (Christian Sogdian) hand towel, handkerchief

   • […] c'nw 'wstỵtỵ̣ dsprtrỵ̣ cỵntr p't pcqw(ỵ̣)r-msq […]

Descendants

• → Persian: لسپردرک ‎(laspardarak)
  • → Yiddish: לאַפּסערדאַק ‎(lapserdak) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Gharib, B. (1995), “dsprtr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 144a
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 42b
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-15496-4, page 382
• Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 373
• Perixanjan, Anait Georgijevna (1982), “Etimologičeskije zametki. I [Etymological Notes. I]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), issue I, Yerevan: Academy Press, ISSN 0135-0536, pages 56–57