Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian ʾp̄spʾl- (abespār-).[1]

Verb

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سپار (sepâr)

  1. present stem form of سپردن (sepordan)

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-. Cognate with English spade.

Noun

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سپار (sopâr)

  1. (archaic) a plough

References

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  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 3