اسبه

See also: استھ, اسپه, and اشبھ

Persian

Etymology

From Parthian 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫃 (ʿspg /⁠ispag⁠/) from West Iranian *spaka "dog-like, relating to dogs" (compare Old Median σπάκα, Northern Kurdish se, seg, and Old Armenian ասպակ (aspak, “dog”), a borrowing from Median), from Proto-Iranian *cwā́ (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā)), Pashto سپی (spëy)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́ (compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.bǽ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.bǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	isba
Dari reading?	isba
Iranian reading?	esbe
Tajik reading?	isba

Noun

اسبه • (esbe) (plural اسبه‌ها (esbe-hâ))

1. (archaic, dialectal) dog

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اسبه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press