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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐫛𐫇𐫘𐫃 (pwsg /pusag, pūsag/, “garland”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫛𐫇𐫘𐫃 (pwsg /pusag, pūsag/), Sogdian (ʾpsʾk), Avestan 𐬞𐬏𐬯𐬀 (pūsa, “plait, head dress”), Sanskrit पुट (puṭa, “plait”), Old Armenian պսակ (psak), Tocharian A (psuk), Tocharian B (pässakw).
Noun
بساک • (basâk)
- wreath, garland
- anther
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پساک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بساک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hansen, Olaf (1940) “Tocharisch-iranische Beziehungen. Ein Beitrag zur Lehnwortforschung Ostturkestans”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 94, page 153