An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

English-French-Persian

فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک



edge
  ۱) لبه؛ ۲) تیغه  
1) labé (#); 2) tiqé (#)
Fr.: 1) bord; 2) tranchant, fil  
  1. A line or border at which a surface terminates.

  2. The thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon (Dictionary.com).

  3. In → graph theory, any line in a → graph that joins two distinct → nodes. Any pair of → vertices.

Etymology (EN): M.E. egge; O.E. ecg “corner, edge;” cf.
Ger. Eck “corner;” PIE base *ak- “sharp, pointed” (cf. L. acies; Gk. akis “point”).

Etymology (PE): 1) Labé “limb, edge,” from lab “lip;” Mid.Pers. lap; cognate with L. labium; E. lip; Ger. Lefze.

  1. Tiqé “blade of a knife or sword,” from tiq “blade,” tiz “sharp,” variants tig, tež, tej, tij; Mid.Pers. tigr, têz, têž “sharp,” O.Pers. tigra- “pointed,”
    tigra.xauda- “pointed helmet (epithet of Scythians);” Av. tiγra- “pointed,” tiγray- “arrow,” tiži.arštay- “with the pointed spear,” cf. Skt. tikta- “sharp, pungent, bitter,” tejas- “sharpness, edge, point or top of a flame;” PIE base *st(e)ig- “to stick; pointed.” Cognates in other IE languages: Gk. stizein “to prick, puncture,” stigma “mark made by a pointed instrument,” L. in-stigare “to goad,” O.H.G. stehhan, Ger. stechen “to stab, prick,” Du. stecken, O.E. sticca “rod, twig, spoon,” E. stick.