ʾsplys

Middle Persian

Etymology

From SWSYA / ʾsp̄ (asp, “horse”) +‎ lyc- (rēz-, “to flow, pour; *to run”).[1] For the sense development of the latter compare Middle Persian tʾhtn' (tāxtan, “to cause to run, flow; to chase; to pour”), Armenian վազել (vazel, “to flow; to run”).[1] Alternatively, the second component is the cognate of Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬋‎ (uruuaēsō, “turning point”).[2]

Noun

ʾsplys • (asprēs)[3]

  1. racecourse

Descendants

(Taking Middle Persian as representative of all Middle Iranian)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ասպարէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 273b
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 867
  3. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 12

Further reading
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 29
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 109
  • Schmitt, R.; Bailey, H. W. (1986), “Armenia and Iran iv. Iranian influences in Armenian Language”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  • Thea Chkeidze (2001), “GEORGIA v. LINGUISTIC CONTACTS WITH IRANIAN LANGUAGES”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York
  • Claudia A. Ciancaglini (2006), “SYRIAC LANGUAGE i. IRANIAN LOANWORDS IN SYRIAC”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York
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