اسپست

Persian

Alternative forms

  • اسپس (espes, aspes), سپست (spest), اسفست (esfest, esfast), سبیس (sbis), آسپست (âspest)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾspst' (aspast), according to Horn, literally “fodder for horses”։ for the constituents see اسپ (asp, horse) and خوردن (xordan, to eat). Akkadian 𒊍𒉺𒊍𒋾 (aspastu, an edible garden plant or an herb, perhaps alfalfa), Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܣܬܐ (ʾespestā, alfalfa) are probably borrowed from Iranian.

Noun

اسپست (espest, aspest)

  1. alfalfa, lucerne

Synonyms

  • یونجه (yonje)

Derived terms

  • دیواسپست (div-espest)

See also

  • اسپرس (espers)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), ասպաստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 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
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