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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (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
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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uškūḇ, aškūḇ
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| Dari reading?
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uškūb, aškūb
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| Iranian reading?
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oškub, aškub
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| Tajik reading?
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uškub, aškub
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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] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1002
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1587