سپند

Persian

Alternative forms

  • اسپند‎ (ispand, aspand)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (spand), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *spanta- (“holy”) (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀‎ (spəṇta, “holy”) and Middle Persian sp(y)nʾk' (spenāg, “holy”)), because the plant is used in fumigation against evil eye. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen-.

Persian اسپناخ‎ (espanâx, “spinach”), سپندان‎ (sepandân, “mustard seed; garden cress seed”) (from Middle Persian spndʾn' (spandān, “mustard seed”)) and Northern Kurdish siping (“meadow salsify”) may be related.

Noun

سپند • (sipand)

  1. wild rue (Peganum harmala)

Descendants

  • Arabic: إسفند‎ (isfand)
  • Middle Armenian: սպանդ (spand)
  • Wakhi: spandr

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سپند”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 277
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սպանդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 260ab
  • Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “spandr”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, pages 314—315
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010), “siping”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 263
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “spenāg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 76

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