اسپرزه

Persian

اسپرزه – Plantago arenaria

اسپرزه – Plantago afra

Equi auris

Alternative forms

• اسفرزه (esfarza), اسبرزه (isbarza)
• اسپغول (espağôl), اسپگول (ispagōl), اسبغول (isbağōl)
• اسپگوش (espagôš), اسپیوش (ispayōš), اسفیوش (isfayōš), اسبیوش (isbayōš)
• اسپغون (espağôn), اسپیون (ispayōn), اسفیون (isfayōn), اسپیون (isbayōn)
• and also with beginning a

Etymology

اسب (asb), اسپ (asp, “horse”) +‎ گوش (gôš), غوش (ğôš), غول (ğôl, “ear”), because the seeds remind of horse ears, and پرزه (parza, “powder”) by their dosage form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.paɾ.ˈza]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.pʰäɾ.zǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.pʰäɾ.zǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.pʰäɾ.zǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.pʰäɾ.zǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.pʰæɹ.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.pʰäɾ.zǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	isparza
Dari reading?	isparza
Iranian reading?	esparze
Tajik reading?	isparza

Noun

اسپرزه • (esparze)

1. psyllium

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَسْفِيُوس (ʔasfiyūs)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इसबग़ोल (isabġol), इसबगोल (isbagol) — nuqtaless, इस्बग़ोल (isbaġol), इस्बगोल (isbagol), इस्पग़ोल (ispaġol), इस्पगोल (ispagol)

  Urdu: اسبغول (isabgol, isbagol), اسپغول (ispaġol)

  • → Arabic: إِسْبَغُول (ʔisbaḡōl)
  • → Bengali: ইসবগুল (isobgul)
  • → English: ispaghula, ispaghul, isabgol, spogel
  • → French: ispaghul
  • → Italian: ispaghul
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਈਸਬਗੋਲ (īsbagol)

    Shahmukhi script: اسبغول (īsbagol)

  • → Russian: исфа́гула (isfágula)
  • → Tamil: இசப்கோல் (icapkōl)

References

• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “اسپغول”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 90b
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “اسپیوش”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 92b