فاس

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fas", فأس, فاش, قاش, and قاس

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴼⴰⵙ (fas)); linked to the region of the Central Atlas Mountains called ْفَازَاز (fāzāz), deriving either from a chronicled بَنُو فَازَازْ (banū fāzāz), ultimately associated with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴼⵣⴰ (afza, “coarse, rough, hard, rocky”). The headwear is derived from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes) coined from the Moroccan city where it was popularized, itself from فَاس (fās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːs/

Proper noun

فَاس • (fās) f

1. Fez (the capital city of the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco)

Declension

Declension of noun فَاس (fās)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	فَاس fās	—
Nominative	—	فَاسُ fāsu	—
Accusative	—	فَاسَ fāsa	—
Genitive	—	فَاسَ fāsa	—

Noun

فَاس • (fās) m (plural فَاسَات (fāsāt))

1. (archaic) fez, tarboosh

   Synonyms: شَاشِيَّة (šāšiyya), (Al-Andalus) غِفَارَة (ḡifāra), طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš)

Declension

Declension of noun فَاس (fās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاس fās	الْفَاس al-fās	فَاس fās
Nominative	فَاسٌ fāsun	الْفَاسُ al-fāsu	فَاسُ fāsu
Accusative	فَاسًا fāsan	الْفَاسَ al-fāsa	فَاسَ fāsa
Genitive	فَاسٍ fāsin	الْفَاسِ al-fāsi	فَاسِ fāsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاسَيْن fāsayn	الْفَاسَيْن al-fāsayn	فَاسَيْ fāsay
Nominative	فَاسَانِ fāsāni	الْفَاسَانِ al-fāsāni	فَاسَا fāsā
Accusative	فَاسَيْنِ fāsayni	الْفَاسَيْنِ al-fāsayni	فَاسَيْ fāsay
Genitive	فَاسَيْنِ fāsayni	الْفَاسَيْنِ al-fāsayni	فَاسَيْ fāsay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاسَات fāsāt	الْفَاسَات al-fāsāt	فَاسَات fāsāt
Nominative	فَاسَاتٌ fāsātun	الْفَاسَاتُ al-fāsātu	فَاسَاتُ fāsātu
Accusative	فَاسَاتٍ fāsātin	الْفَاسَاتِ al-fāsāti	فَاسَاتِ fāsāti
Genitive	فَاسَاتٍ fāsātin	الْفَاسَاتِ al-fāsāti	فَاسَاتِ fāsāti

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːs/

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Etymology 1

From Arabic فَأْس (faʔs).

Noun

فاس • (fās) m (plural فيسان (fīsān))

1. axe
2. pickaxe

Etymology 2

Proper noun

فاس • (fās) f

1. Fez (the capital city of the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَاس (fās).

Proper noun

فاس • (fas)

1. Fez (the capital city of the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco)

   Synonym: فس (fes)

2. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Descendants

• Turkish: Fas (“Morocco”)

Further reading

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• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فاس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 882
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فاس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1360

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic فَأْس (faʔs, “axe, hatchet; pickaxe”).

Noun

فاس • (fas)

1. axe, hatchet, a tool for felling trees or chopping wood

   Synonyms: بالطه (balta), تبر (teber), مكشاح (mikşah)

2. pickaxe, a heavy iron tool with a pointed end and a chisel edge

   Synonyms: صاقور (sakur), قازمه (kazma), كلنك (külünk)

3. adze, a cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle

   Synonym: كسر (keser)

4. battle axe, an ancient military weapon in the form of an axe

   Synonyms: بالطه (balta), تبر (teber)

Further reading

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• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فاس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3454
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فاس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1360

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɑːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fɔːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fɒːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fɔs]

Readings
Classical reading?	fās
Dari reading?	fās
Iranian reading?	fâs
Tajik reading?	fos

Proper noun

Dari	فاس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Фос

فاس • (fâs)

1. Fez (the capital city of the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɑːs/

Noun

فاس • (fās) ? (Hindi spelling फ़ास)

1. Fez (the capital city of the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco)