کاریز
Persian
Alternative forms
- کاهریز (kāhrēz / kâhriz), کهریز (kahrēz / kahriz)
Etymology
From earlier form کاهریز (/kāhrēz/) or کهریز (/kahrēz/), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ksryc /kahrēz/) (compare Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫞𐫍𐫡𐫏𐫉 (qhryz /kahrēz/, “qanat”), Parthian 𐫞𐫍𐫡𐫏𐫝 (qhryc /kahrēz/, “qanat”) and Khunsari کیریز (/kēirīz)/), or compound of کاه (kâh, “straw”) + ریز (rêz, “to throw”). They used to throw straws in qanats' wells to see how rapid the movement of water is for repair purposes.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /kaː.ˈreːz/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɑː.ɾeːz]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɒː.ɹiːz]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɔ.ɾez]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kārēz |
| Dari reading? | kārēz |
| Iranian reading? | kâriz |
| Tajik reading? | korez |
Noun
کاریز • (kārēz / kâriz) (plural کاریزها (kārēz-hā / kâriz-hâ), Tajik spelling корез)
- qanat, karez
- Synonym: قنات (qanāt / ġanât)
- 995-1077, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, edited by Ali-Akbar Fayyâz, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī, pages 320-321:
- و کسانی که شهرها و دیهها و بناها و کاریزها ساختند و غم این جهان بخوردند
آن همه بگذاشتند و برفتند […]- wa kasānē ki šahr-hā u diya-hā wa bannā-hā wa kārēz-hā sāxtand u ġamm-i īn jahān bixwardand
ān hama-yi biguzāštand wa biraftand […] - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- wa kasānē ki šahr-hā u diya-hā wa bannā-hā wa kārēz-hā sāxtand u ġamm-i īn jahān bixwardand
- 10th century, Kisā'ī Marwazī, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- سزد که دو رخ کاریز آب دیده کنی
که ریز ریز بخواهدت ریختن کاریز- sazad ki du rux kārēz-i āb-i dīda kunī
ki rēz-rēz bixwāhadat rēxtan kārēz - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- sazad ki du rux kārēz-i āb-i dīda kunī
Derived terms
- کاریزکن (kārēzkan / kârizkan)
- کاریزگر (kārēzgar / kârizgar)
- کهریزه (kahrēza / kahrize)
- کهریزک (kahrēzak / kahrizak)
Descendants
- → Arabic: كاريز (kārīz) (Iraq, west Arabia)
- → Azerbaijani: kəhriz
- → Baluchi: کاریز (kárez)
- → Chagatai: کاریز (kāryz /kārīz/)
- Uyghur: كارىز (kariz)
- Uzbek: koriz, kariz
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: कहरेज़ (kahrez)
- Urdu: کَہْریز (kahrez)
- → Kazakh: кәріз (kärız)
- → Ottoman Turkish: کاریز (kâriz); گریز (giriz) (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: кяриз (kjariz), кяхриз (kjaxriz), кягриз (kjagriz)
- → Turkmen: käriz