See also: اسب and است

Baluchi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

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اسپ (asp)

  1. horse

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭮𐭩𐭠 (sʿsyʾ /⁠asp⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /⁠aspa⁠/, horse).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? asp
Dari reading? asp
Iranian reading? asp
Tajik reading? asp

Noun

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Dari اسپ
Iranian Persian اسب
Tajik асп

اسپ (asp) (plural اسپان (aspân))

  1. Dari standard spelling of اسب (asb, horse).
  2. Classical form of اسب (asb, horse).

Descendants

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  • Gujarati: અસપ (asap)

Urdu

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Etymology

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PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسپ (asp) from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭮𐭩𐭠 (sʿsyʾ /⁠asp⁠/) from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /⁠aspa⁠/, horse). Cognate with Baluchi اسپ (asp), Pashto اس (as), Kalasha hãš, and Shina اںشپو (ä̃špo).

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Noun

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اَسْپ (aspm (Hindi spelling अस्प)

  1. horse
    Synonyms: گھوڑا (ghoṛā), اَشْو (aśv), تُرَن٘گ (turaṅg)
    وَزِیرِ زَماں نے لِیا ایک اَسْپ کِہ ہَے رَشْکِ گُلْگُون بادِ بَہار نَظَر پوسْت سے اُس کے آتا ہَے خُوں
    vazīr-i zamā̃ ne liyā ek asp ki hai raśk-i gulgūn bād-i bahār nazar post se us ke ātā hai xū̃
    The vizier of the time had gotten a horse, the sight of which rivals the rose-colored bād-i bahār (a speedy Mughal chariot). Blood comes out of its hide.
  2. (chess) knight
    Synonym: گھوڑا (ghoṛā)
    سَجے ہُوئے ہَیں پیادَہ و اَسْپ و فِیل تَمام۔ بِچھی ہُوئی ہَے بِساط جَہاں کَہاں گَیا مَیں۔
    saje hūe ha͠i pyāda o asp o fīl tamām. bichī hūī hai bisāt jahā̃ kahā̃ gayā ma͠i.
    All the pawn and knight and bishop (or alfil) are set / Where the chess cloth is spread / Where did I go?

Declension

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    Declension of اسپ
singular plural
direct اسپ (asp) اسپ (asp)
oblique اسپ (asp) اسپوں (aspõ)
vocative اسپ (asp) اسپو (aspo)

Derived terms

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References

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  • اسپ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اسپ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “اسپ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • اسپ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.