ماشاو
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ماشوب (māšūb), ماشیوه (māšēva ~ māšīva), ماشو (māšū)
- **ماشاد (**mǎšād), **ماشوه (**māšiva, copyist mistake)
Etymology
[edit]Suggested from the verb reconstructed in Proto-Balto-Slavic *mezgti (“to twist, to weave, to sew, to entangle etc.”) by Latvian mežģīt, Lithuanian mègzti and Proto-Slavic *mězgyrь (“tarantula”), Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ (“loop, knot; mesh”). See also Old Armenian մաղ (mał, “sieve”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mɑː.ʃɑːw]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | māšāw |
Noun
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Chagatai: ماشاب (maşab)
References
[edit]- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 123–124 Nr. 359
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “”, 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 II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1118b–1119a
- Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “ماشاب”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 800c