اسب

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See also: اسپ and است

Laki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah (compare Northern Kurdish hesp, esp, Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀 (aspa), Persian اسب), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas (compare Sanskrit अश्व (áśva)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

اسب (asb)

  1. horse

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*h1éḱwos

From earlier اسپ (asp), from Middle Persian (ʾsp̄ /⁠asp⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (aspa), from Old Median *aspah (compare Old Persian 𐎠𐎿 (asa)), from Proto-Iranian *Hácwah (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀 (aspa), Northern Kurdish hesp, esp, Pashto آس (ās), Ossetian ефс (efs)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas (compare Sanskrit अश्व (áśva)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (compare Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), Armenian էշ (ēš, “donkey”), Lithuanian ašva (“mare”), Latin equus).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? asb
Dari reading? asb
Iranian reading? asb
Tajik reading? asb
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari اسپ
Iranian Persian اسب
Tajik асп

اسب • (asb) (plural اسب‌ها (asb-hâ) or اسبان (asbân))

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Judeo-Tat: ⱨəsb

See also

Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
شاه (šâh) وزیر (vazir),
فرزین (farzin) 		رخ (rox),
قلعه (qal'e) 		فیل (fil) اسب (asb) پیاده (piyâde),
سرباز (sarbâz)

Further reading

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