روسپی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian روسپی (ruspi).

Noun

روسپی • (ruspi, rospi, rospu)

1. prostitute, harlot, hooker, whore

Descendants

• Turkish: orospu

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lwspyk' /⁠rōspīg⁠/, “whore”), equivalent to رو (ru, “face”) + سپید (sapēd, “white, clear, bright”).

Noun

Dari	روسپی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рӯспӣ, рӯсбӣ

روسپی • (ruspi) (plural روسپیان (ruspiyân) or روسپی‌ها (ruspi-hâ))

1. prostitute, harlot, whore, courtesan

Synonyms

• فاحشه (fâheše)
• تن‌فروش (tan-foruš)
• جنده (jende)

Derived terms

• روسپی‌زاده

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: روسپی (ruspi, rospi, rospu)
• → Armenian: օրոսփի (ōrospʿi)