An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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switch
  ۱) دگربان؛ ۲) دگربانیدن  
1) degarbân; 2) degarbânidan
Fr.: 1) interrupteur; 2) interrompre  

1a) A shift from one to another.

1b) A device used to break or open an electric circuit or to divert current from one conductor to another.

  1. To shift or exchange; To connect, disconnect, or redirect.

Etymology (EN): Switch “slender riding whip, flexible stick,”
probably from a Flemish or Low German word akin to Hanoverian swutsche, a variant of Low Ger. zwukse “long thin stick, switch.”

Etymology (PE): Degarbân, from degar “other, another”
(Mid.Pers. dit, ditikar “the other, the second;” O.Pers. duvitiya- “second,” Av. daibitya-, bitya- “second;” Skt. dvitiya- “second,” PIE *duitiio- “second”) + -bân a suffix denoting “keeper, guard,” sometimes forming agent nouns or indicating relation, → host.