ریواس

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (lypʾs /⁠rēbās⁠/, rhubarb), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lypʾs /⁠rēbās, rēbāh⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š ~ *(h)rabacáh.

Noun

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ریواس (rivâs)

  1. rhubarb
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Descendants

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  • Arabic: رِيبَاس (rībās) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rēbās”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press