اسپ
Baluchi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.
See also
- اپس (aps)
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭮𐭩𐭠 (sʿsyʾ /asp/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /aspa/, “horse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔasp]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäsp]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäsp]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔːs]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæsp]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäsp]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | asp |
| Dari reading? | asp |
| Iranian reading? | asp |
| Tajik reading? | asp |
Descendants
- → Gujarati: અસપ (asap)
Urdu
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *h₁éḱwos |
Borrowed from Classical Persian اسپ (asp) from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭮𐭩𐭠 (sʿsyʾ /asp/) from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /aspa/, “horse”). Cognate with Baluchi اسپ (asp), Pashto اس (as), Kalasha ھش (hãš), and Shina اںشپو (ä̃špo).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əsp/
Noun
اَسْپ • (asp) m (Hindi spelling अस्प)
- horse
- Synonyms: گھوڑا (ghoṛā), اَشْو (aśv), تُرَن٘گ (turaṅg)
- وَزِیرِ زَماں نے لِیا ایک اَسْپ کِہ ہَے رَشْکِ گُلْگُون بادِ بَہار نَظَر پوسْت سے اُس کے آتا ہَے خُوں
- vazīr-i zamā̃ ne liyā ek asp ki hai raśk-i gulgūn bād-i bahār nazar post se us ke ātā hai xū̃
- The vizier of the time had gotten a horse, the sight of which rivals the rose-colored bād-i bahār (a speedy Mughal chariot). Blood comes out of its hide.
- (chess) knight
- Synonym: گھوڑا (ghoṛā)
- سَجے ہُوئے ہَیں پیادَہ و اَسْپ و فِیل تَمام۔ بِچھی ہُوئی ہَے بِساط جَہاں کَہاں گَیا مَیں۔
- saje hūe ha͠i pyāda o asp o fīl tamām. bichī hūī hai bisāt jahā̃ kahā̃ gayā ma͠i.
- All the pawn and knight and bishop (or alfil) are set / Where the chess cloth is spread / Where did I go?
Declension
| Declension of اسپ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | اسپ (asp) | اسپ (asp) |
| oblique | اسپ (asp) | اسپوں (aspō̃) |
| vocative | اسپ (asp) | اسپو (aspō) |
Derived terms
- اَسپی (aspī, “equine”)
- اَسپی طاقَت (aspī tāqat, “horsepower”)
- اَسپِ پالانی (asp-e-pālānī, “pack horse”)
- اَسپِ تازی (asp-e-tāzī, “Arabian horse”)
- اَسپ دُوانی (asp-duvānī, “horserace”)
- اَسپِ مَگَسی (asp-e-magasī, “black-spotted horse”)
- اَسپِ عُمر (asp-e-'umr, “horse of age”)
References
- “اسپ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اسپ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “اسپ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- “اسپ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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