فیروز

Persian

Etymology

Arabized pronunciation and doublet of پیروز (pīrōz, piruz). Not to be semantically confused with Early Classical Persian پیروزه (pērōza, “turquoise”) and its Arabic loans, i.e. فَيْرُوز (fayrūz, “turquoise”), فِيرُوزَج (fīrūzaj), فَيْرُوزَج (fayrūzaj).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fiː.ˈroːz/, /feː.ˈroːz/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fiː.ɾoːz], [feː.ɾoːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fiː.ɾoːz], [feː.ɾoːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fiː.ɾoːz], [feː.ɾoːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fʊː.ɾʊːz], [feː.ɾʊːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fiː.ɹuːz], [fiː.ɹuːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fi.ɾɵz], [fe.ɾɵz]

• Rhymes: -oːz

Readings
Classical reading?	fīrōz, fērōz
Dari reading?	fīrōz, fērōz
Iranian reading?	firuz, firuz
Tajik reading?	firüz, ferüz

Adjective

فیروز • (fērōz / firuz)

1. victorious, triumphant, prosperous, successful

Noun

فیروز • (fērōz / firuz)

1. victory; prosperity

Descendants

• → Bengali: ফিরোজ (phirōj)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “فیروز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul