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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian 𐫛𐫇𐫘𐫃 (pwsg /⁠pusag, pūsag⁠/, garland). Cognate with Parthian 𐫛𐫇𐫘𐫃 (pwsg /⁠pusag, pūsag⁠/), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾpsʾk), Avestan 𐬞𐬏𐬯𐬀 (pūsa, plait, head dress), Sanskrit पुट (puṭa, plait), Old Armenian պսակ (psak), Tocharian A [Term?] (psuk), Tocharian B [Term?] (pässakw).

Noun edit

بساک (basâk)

  1. wreath, garland
  2. anther

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