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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (spand), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *cwantaH (“holy”) (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 (spəṇta, “holy”) and Middle Persian sp(y)nʾk' (spenāg, “holy”)), because the plant is used in fumigation against evil eye. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen-.
Persian اسپناخ (espanâx, “spinach”), سپندان (sepandân, “mustard seed; garden cress seed”) (from Middle Persian spndʾn' (spandān, “mustard seed”)) and Northern Kurdish sping (“meadow salsify”) may be related.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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sipand
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| Dari reading?
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sipand
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| Iranian reading?
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sepand
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| Tajik reading?
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sipand
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Noun
سپند • (sepand)
- wild rue (Peganum harmala)
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سپند”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 277
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 260ab
- Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) “spandr”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, pages 314—315
- Cabolov, R. L. (2010) “siping”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 263
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “spenāg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 76