اسپست

Persian

Alternative forms

• اسپس (espes, aspes), سپست (spest), آسپست (âspest)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾspst' /⁠aspast⁠/), from Middle Median *aspast, from Old Median *aspāstiš, from Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš (“alfalfa, lucerne”, literally “fodder for horses”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔas.pist]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.pʰɪst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.pʰɪst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.pʰɪst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.pʰist̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæs.pʰest̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.pʰist̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	aspist
Dari reading?	aspist
Iranian reading?	aspest
Tajik reading?	aspist

Noun

اسپست • (espest, aspest)

1. alfalfa, lucerne

   Synonym: یونجه (yonje)

Derived terms

• دیواسپست (div-espest)

Related terms

• اسپ (asp)

See also

• اسپرس (espers)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասպաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 272ab
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 79, page 19
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 56