آسیاب

Persian

Alternative forms

• آسیو (āsiyaw / âsiyov) (dialectal, Shiraz)
• آسیا (āsiyā / âsiyâ)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾsyʾp̄ /⁠āsyāb⁠/). By surface analysis, آس (ās / âs, “millstone”) +‎ ـیـ (-y-, linking element) +‎ آب (āb / âb, “water”). Compare آسباد (âsbâd, “windmill”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.si.ˈjaːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jáw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.si.jáw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.si.jɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.si.jɔ́b]

• Rhymes: -aːb

Readings
Classical reading?	āsiyāb
Dari reading?	āsiyāb
Iranian reading?	âsiyâb
Tajik reading?	osiyob

Noun

آسیاب • (āsyāb, āsiyāb / âsyâb, âsiyâb) (Tajik spelling осиёб)

1. mill
2. watermill

Derived terms

• آسیاب آبی (āsiyāb-i ābī / âsiyâb-e âbi, “watermill”)
• آسیاب بادی (āsiyāb-i bādī / âsiyâb-e bâdi, “windmill”)
• آسیابان (āsiyābān / âsiyâbân, “miller”)

Further reading

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “āsyāb”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 13