Persian

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اسپرزهPlantago arenaria
اسپرزهPlantago afra
Equi auris

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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اسب (asb), اسپ (asp, horse) +‎ گوش (gôš), غوش (ğôš), غول (ğôl, ear), because the seeds remind of horse ears, and پرزه (parza, powder) by their dosage form.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? isparza
Dari reading? isparza
Iranian reading? esparze
Tajik reading? isparza

Noun

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اسپرزه (esparze)

  1. psyllium

Descendants

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References

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  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “اسپغول”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 90b
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “اسپیوش”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 92b