عکاس

See also: عكاس

Persian

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism from عَکْس ('aks, “photo”), from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks, “reflection, opposite”), using the Arabic pattern فَعّال (faʕʕāl) which creates words for habitual actions and professions. Compare کَفّاش (kaffâš, “cobbler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔak.ˈkaːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɑ́ːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɑ́ːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɑ́ːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɔ́ːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔækʰʲ.kʰɒ́ːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɔ́s]

Readings
Classical reading?	akkās
Dari reading?	akkās
Iranian reading?	akkâs
Tajik reading?	akkos

Noun

Dari	عکاس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аккос

عَکّاس • ('akkâs)

1. photographer

Derived terms

• عَکّاسی ('akkâsi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əkkas

Further reading

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