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

• اسپ‎ (asp)

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/KBL) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb̥]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [ʔæsb̥]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [ʔäsb]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [اَسْب]‎

Iranian: [اَسْب]‎

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

• Audio (Iran)

  (file)

Noun

Dari	اسب, اسپ‎
Iranian Persian	اسب
Tajik	асп, асб

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

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Derived terms

• اَسبی‎ (asbi)

 

Related terms

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

 

See also

Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج‎ (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
شاه‎ (šâh)	وزیر‎ (vazir)	رخ‎ (rox), قلعه‎ (qal'e)	فیل‎ (fil)	اسب (asb)	پیاده‎ (piyâde), سرباز‎ (sarbâz)

Further reading

• اسب‎ on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa