اسب

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

• اَسْپ (asp)
• عَسْپ (ʿasp) (dialectal, Kulob)
• عَسْب (ʿasb) (dialectal, Shushtar, Khansar)

Etymology

PIE word
*h1éḱwos

From earlier اسپ (asp), from Middle Persian [script needed] (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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔasβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæsb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb]

Readings
Classical reading?	asb
Dari reading?	asb
Iranian reading?	asb
Tajik reading?	asb

• (Kulob) IPA^(key): /ʕäsp/
• (Shushtar, Khansar) IPA^(key): /ʕæsb/

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	اسپ
Iranian Persian	اسب
Tajik	асп

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

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Derived terms

• اَسبی (asbi)

Related terms

• آرِیاسب (âriyâsb)
• اَسپبُد (aspbod)
• اَسپِست (aspest)
• طهماسب (tahmâsb)

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

• اسب on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa