پهلو

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian پهلو (pahlû, side, flank).

Noun

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پهلو (pehlu)

  1. side, flank, the flesh between the last rib and the hip
    Synonym: بوگور (böğür)
  2. (military) flank, the extreme left or right edge of an army

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: pehlu

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (pʾhlwk' /⁠pahlūg⁠/), from Old Persian *parθukah, suffixed from Proto-Iranian *párcuš (rib).[1] Compare Northern Kurdish parsû (side), Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, rib), Russian пе́рси (pérsi, bosom).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pahlū
Dari reading? pahlū
Iranian reading? pahlu
Tajik reading? pahlu

Noun

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پهلو (pahlu)

  1. side; flank (of the body)
    Synonyms: کنار (kenâr), بغل (bağal)
  2. side; beside
    Synonyms: کنار (kenâr), جنب (janb)
  3. (military) flank (of an army)
  4. (geometry) side
    Synonym: ضلع (zel')
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠pahlaw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (p-r-θ-v /⁠parθavaʰ⁠/, Parthian); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pahlaw
Dari reading? pahlaw
Iranian reading? pahlow
Tajik reading? pahlav

Noun

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پهلو (pahlow)

  1. Obsolete form of پهلوان (pahlavân, hero, champion).

References

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  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 198