شیراز

See also: شيراز

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

شیراز

1. Arabic spelling of Şiraz

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃeː.ˈraːz/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ɾɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɹɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.ɾɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	šērāz
Dari reading?	šīrāz
Iranian reading?	širâz
Tajik reading?	šeroz

Proper noun

شیراز • (šērāz / širâz) (Tajik spelling Шероз)

1. Shiraz (a city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis)
2. Shiraz (a county of Iran, around the city)

Related terms

• شیرازی (šērāzī / širâzi)

Etymology 2

شیر (šir, “milk”) + an uncertain second part; cognate to Central Kurdish شیرێژ (şîrêj), سیرێژ (sîrêj) and Gurani سیراج (sîrac). Compare Persian شیرزا (širzâ), شیرزاد (širzâd, “a fattening drug which gives an increase of milk”), in Classical Syriac recorded in the form ܫܝܪܙܝܕ (šyrzyd) by Bar Bahlul.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃiː.ˈraːz/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ɾɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɹɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ɾɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	šīrāz
Dari reading?	šīrāz
Iranian reading?	širâz
Tajik reading?	široz

Noun

شیراز • (šīrāz / širâz) (Tajik spelling широз)

1. (obsolete) yoghurt drained of whey

Descendants

• → Arabic: شِيرَاز (šīrāz)

References

• “šyrzyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008), “ܫܝܪܙܝܕ”, in Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 263