ܐܰܦܣܳܪܳܐ psrʾ ap̄sārā halter, cord
MP *afsār (which, however, according to Horn 23, is attested in Bund.); NP afsār, fasār bridle, rein (Horn 23; according to Steingass 82 NP afsār would mean "fascinating; a headstall"); cf. also NP sifār an iron or leathern curb across the nose of a camel (Steingass 683). According to Horn, this form is comparable with Av. *aiβisāra-. On the contrary, Müller 1894, 357 believes that NP afsār, fasār does not come from Av. *aiβisāra-, but from Gr. ψάλιον halter, rein, chain. According to PS Suppl. 32, with this meaning the Syr. word is also attested in am 5, 71, 6. — Talm. Aram. ʾpsr muzzle, bridle, rein (Telegdi 231, 25; Shaked, 1987, 261) ● IA 2, 328 v 1529; KwD 121, 10; EN 40, 4 ◆ LS 41b–42a; Lagarde GA 17, 31; Fraenkel 1886, 115