An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. A small road that branches off from a larger one, or a place where one diverges from a former course.
   

2. An act of turning off.

Etymology (EN): → turn; → off.

Etymology (PE): Rahgašt, from rah, variant râh “path, way,” → Milky Way,

• gašt, → turn.