پارس

See also: پازش and بارش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

پارس • (pars)

  1. alternative form of بارس (bars)
Descendants
  • Turkish: pars

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Proper noun

پارس • (pars)

  1. Pars (a province and historical region in southwestern Iran, homeland of the Persians; known to the ancient Greeks as Περσίς (Persís) or Περσική (Persikḗ), to the Romans as Persis or Persia, and to the Arabs as فَارِس (fāris).)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 3

Proper noun

پارس • (paris)

  1. Paris
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

References

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pārs
Dari reading? pārs
Iranian reading? pârs
Tajik reading? pors

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (Tajik spelling Порс)

  1. Pars (a province and historical region in southwestern Iran, homeland of the Persians; known to the ancient Greeks as Περσίς (Persís) or Περσική (Persikḗ), to the Romans as Persis or Persia, and to the Arabs as فَارِس (fāris).)
Derived terms
Descendants

Noun

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (plural پارس‌ها (pārs-hā / pârs-hâ), Tajik spelling порс)

  1. ethnic Persian
Derived terms
  • پارسستان (pārsistān / pârsestân)

Adjective

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (Tajik spelling порс)

  1. Persian
    Synonym: پارسی (pārsī / pârsi)

Etymology 2

From a Turkic source. Compare Turkish pars. Doublet of پلنگ (palang).

Noun

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (Tajik spelling порс)

  1. a pard
  2. an animal smaller than a leopard and trained to hunt
  3. ounce, cheeta

Etymology 3

Related to Persian پاس (pâs, guard, watch).

Noun

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (Tajik spelling порс)

  1. bark
    Synonym: (colloquial or dialectal) لوئه (lu'e)

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎[3] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 235–238
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “پارس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul