بساک

Persian

Alternative forms

• پساک (pasâk)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫛𐫇𐫘𐫃 (pwsg /⁠pusag, pūsag⁠/, “garland”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫛𐫇𐫘𐫃 (pwsg /⁠pusag, pūsag⁠/), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾpsʾk), Avestan 𐬞𐬏𐬯𐬀 (pūsa, “plait, head dress”), Sanskrit पुट (puṭa, “plait”), Old Armenian պսակ (psak), Tocharian A [Term?] (psuk), Tocharian B [Term?] (pässakw).

Noun

بساک • (basâk)

1. wreath, garland
2. anther

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پساک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بساک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hansen, Olaf (1940) “Tocharisch-iranische Beziehungen. Ein Beitrag zur Lehnwortforschung Ostturkestans”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 94, page 153