Old Median
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Etymology
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From Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš .
*aspāstiš [1]
alfalfa
Descendants
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Middle Median: *aspast
Kermanic: اسبس ( asbas )
→ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אספסתא ( /aspasta/ )
→ Middle Armenian: ասպաստ ( aspast )
→ Hebrew: אספסת ( aspéset )
→ Middle Persian:
Book Pahlavi script: ( /aspast/ )
Classical Persian: اسپست ( aspist )
Sistani: سپست ( spest )
Iranian Persian: اسپست ( espest, aspest ) , اسپس ( espes, aspes ) , سپست ( spest ) , آسپست ( âspest )
→ Burushaski:
Werchikwar: اِشپِت ( iśpít )
→ Southwestern Fars:
Burenjani: شِپیت ( šipīt )
→ Gandhari: 𐨀𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨁𐨯𐨿𐨟 ( aśpista )
→ Shina: اِشپیت ( išpīt )
→ Classical Syriac: ܐܣܦܣܬܐ ( ʾespestā )
→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒊍𒉺𒊍𒋾 ( as-pa-as-ti /aspasti/ ) , 𒊍𒉺𒊍𒌈 ( as-pa-as-tu₄ /aspastu/ ) , 𒊍𒉺𒊓𒌈 ( as-pa-sa-tu₄ /aspasatu/ )
References
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^ Hinz, Walther (1975 ) “*aspā̆sti-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz