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    Posted: 01-Sep-2010 at 19:46
Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri

 
The Persian word for sky is Asman, but as I mentioned in this thread: http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28631 in the Avestan language, the word Thwasha is also used for "sky", the difference between them is, as you read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asman Asman is the "highest heaven," and is distinguished from the firmament (thwasha), which lies nearer the earth.
 
 
In Pashto, there is a word known as "aska" which roughly translates to "Really high" 
 
I am not sure if this word is related also.


Edited by Afghanan - 01-Sep-2010 at 19:47
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"Aska" has probably the same origin of English "Sky", there are some other words which could also mean "sky", like Middle Persian Espash (Space) or Spihr (Sphere).
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