اسپرم

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (splhm /⁠sprahm⁠/), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sogdian [script needed] (spʾrγmy /⁠sparaγmē⁠/), whence the Persian type اسپرغم (esparağm)).

Alternative forms

• اسفرم (esfaram), اسفرغم (esfarağm), اسپرغم (esparağm), سفرم (sefaram), سپرم (separam), اسفرهم (esfarahm), اسبرهم (esparahm), سپرهم (separahm), سپرغم (separağm)

Noun

اسپرم • (esparam)

1. fragrant herb; medicinal herb

Derived terms

• شاه اسپرم (šâh esparam), شاهسپرم (šâhesparam), and with other variants and also without شاه (šâh) means costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) and basil (Ocimum basilicum)
• مورد اسفرم (murd esfaram) and with other variants means box holly (Ruscus genus and species)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French sperme.

Noun

اسپرم • (esperm) (plural اسپرم‌ها (esperm-hâ))

1. (cytology) sperm, spermatozoon

Derived terms

• اسپرم‌کش (esperm-koš)