اشکوب

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾškwp /⁠aškōb⁠/, “root, anything by which something is supported”), from an Old Iranian verb conjectured from derived terms and Sanskrit स्कम्भ् (skambh, “to support”). The similarity to the etyma of Arabic أُسْكُفَّة (ʔuskuffa, “threshold, lintel”) is a coincidence.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔuʃ.kuːβ], [ʔaʃ.kuːβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊʃ.kʰuːb], [ʔäʃ.kʰuːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊʃ.kʰuːb], [ʔäʃ.kʰuːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuʃ.kʰub̥], [ʔäʃ.kʰub̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoʃ.kʰuːb̥], [ʔæʃ.kʰuːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuʃ.kʰub], [ʔäʃ.kʰub]

Readings
Classical reading^?	uškūḇ, aškūḇ
Dari reading^?	uškūb, aškūb
Iranian reading^?	oškub, aškub
Tajik reading^?	uškub, aškub

Noun

اُشْکوب or اَشْکوب • (oškub or aškub)

(archaic) level or storey of a structure
Synonym: طَبَقِه (tabaqe)
(archaic) ceiling
Synonym: سَقْف (saqf)

Related terms

سکند (sekand, “coitus”)
پشکم (paškam, “porch, portico”)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اشکوب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1002
Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1587