عرصه

See also: عرصة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَرْصَة (ʕarṣa).

Noun

عرصه • (arsa)

1. vacant lot
2. courtyard
3. field

Descendants

• Turkish: arsa

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “arsa”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arsa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرْصَة (ʕarṣa)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɾ.sa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.sä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.sä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.sä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.sä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.se]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.sä]

Readings
Classical reading?	arsa
Dari reading?	arsa
Iranian reading?	arse
Tajik reading?	arsa

Noun

عرصه • ('arse) (plural عَرَصات ('arasât))

1. court, square, area, open space
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2652:

     در فراخی عرصه‌‌ی آن پاک جان / تنگ آمد عرصه‌‌ی هفت آسمان

     dar farâxi 'arsa-yi-ân pâk jân / tang âmad 'arsa-yi haft âsmân

     In comparison with the spaciousness of the range of that pure spirit (Adam), the expanse of the seven heavens became narrow.

2. field, battlefield
3. board, chessboard

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عرصه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim