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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِسْوَاك (miswāk), derived from سِوَاك (siwāk), from Middle Persian *sawāg (whence also synonymous سواک (sevâk)).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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miswāk
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| Dari reading?
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miswāk
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| Iranian reading?
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mesvâk
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| Tajik reading?
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misvok
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Noun
مسواک • (miswāk / mesvâk) (Tajik spelling мисвок)
- toothbrush
- (archaic) miswak (a teeth-cleaning twig made from the toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica))
Derived terms
References
- ^ Shaul Shaked (2002) “Hadith, V.: As influenced by Iranian ideas and practices”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online: “The Hadith literature insists on the use of a tooth-pick, called in Arabic meswāk or sewāk, a word which is probably derived ultimately from an unattested Middle Persian word *sawāg.”