An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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wash
  شستن  
šostan (#)
Fr.: laver  

To apply → water or other → liquid in order to cleanse.

Etymology (EN): M.E. washen; O.E. wascan, wæscan; cf. O.N. vaska, M.Du. wasscen, Du. wassen, Ger. waschen, from stem *wat-, the root of → water.

Etymology (PE): Mid.Pers. šustan, šuy- “to wash;” Av. xšaoδah- “flush of water,” xšudra- “liquid, fluid; semen;” cf. Skt. ksod- “to dissolve;” Proto-Ir. *xšaud- “to wash” (Cheung 2007).