عروسک

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian عروسک (arusak).

Noun

عروسک • (arusek)

1. Diminutive of عروس (fiancée, bride)
2. a girl's doll
3. a brightly colored kind of mother of pearl
4. firefly; glowworm

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عروسک”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 844
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عروسک”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1296

Persian

Etymology

From عَرُوس (arus, “bride”) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ɾuː.ˈsak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾoː.sǽk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾoː.sǽk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾoː.sǽk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾʊː.sǽk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.ɹuː.sǽkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾɵ.sǽk]

Readings
Classical reading?	arūsak
Dari reading?	arōsak
Iranian reading?	arusak
Tajik reading?	arüsak

Noun

Dari	گدی
Iranian Persian	عروسک
Tajik	лӯхтак, лухтак

عَروسَک • ('arusak) (plural عروسکان ('arusakân) or عروسک‌ها ('arusak-hâ))

1. doll
2. puppet