رشته

See also: رستہ‎ and رشتة‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian l(y)štk' (rištag).

Pronunciation

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Noun

رشته • (rešte) (plural رشته‌ها‎ (rešte-hâ))

1. thread, string
2. field
3. range
4. (computing) string

Etymology 2

Related to etymogy 1, above. Akin to Transoxianan Persian obsolete ارشته‎ (arišta).

Noun

رشته • (rešte) (plural رشته‌ها‎ (rešte-hâ))

1. reshte (Persian-style noodles)

Descendants

• → Armenian: արիշտա (arišta), էրիշտա (ērišta), արշտա (aršta), ռշտա (ṙšta)
• → Azerbaijani: əriştə
• → Crimean Tatar: erişte
• → Libyan Arabic: رشتة‎
• → Northern Kurdish: herişte, rişte
• → Turkish: erişte

References

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