فیروزه

See also: فیروزہ

Azerbaijani

Noun

فیروزه

1. Arabic spelling of firuzə

Persian

فیروزه

Alternative forms

• پیروزه (pērōza / piruze), فیروزج (fīrōzaj / firuzaj)

Etymology

From earlier پیروزه (pērōza), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, “victorious”). Note the Middle Iranian borrowings: Aramaic פרוזג (pīrūzag), Classical Syriac ܦܝܪܘܙܓ (pīrūzag), Arabic فِيرُوزَج (fīrūzaj), فَيْرُوزَج (fayrūzaj).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [feː.ɾoː.zä], [fiː.zoː.zä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [feː.ɾoː.zä], [fiː.zoː.zä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [feː.ɾoː.zä], [fiː.zoː.zä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [feː.ɾʊː.zä], [fʊː.zʊː.zä]

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

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fi.ɾɵ.zä]

Readings
Classical reading?	fērōza, fīrōza
Dari reading?	fērōza, fīzōza
Iranian reading?	firuze
Tajik reading?	firüza

Noun

فیروزه • (fīrōza, fērōza / firuze) (plural فیروزه‌ها (fīrōza-hā, fērōza-hā / firuze-hâ), Tajik spelling фирӯза)

1. turquoise

Derived terms

• فیروزه‌ای (fīrōza-ī / firuze-i)

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz)
• → Azerbaijani: firuzə
• → Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzə)
• → Belarusian: біруза́ (biruzá) (via Turkic)
• → Bengali: ফিরোজা (firoza)
• → Bengali: ফেরোজ (feroz)
• → Chagatai: فیروزه (fyrwzh)
  • Uzbek: feruza, firuza
• → Georgian: ფირუზი (piruzi)
• → Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़ीरोज़ा (fīrozā)

  Urdu: فِیروزَہ (fīroza, fīrūza)

• → Indonesian: pirus
• → Middle Armenian: փերուզայ (pʻeruzay), փերուժա (pʻeruža), փիրուզա (pʻiruza)
  • Armenian: փիրուզ (pʻiruz), փիրուզա (pʻiruza), փերուզա (pʻeruza), փերուզակ (pʻeruzak)
• → Old Marathi: पेरुज (peruja), पेरोज (peroja)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پیروزه (piruze), فیروزه (firuze)
  • Turkish: firuze
  • → Greek: περουζές (perouzés)
  • → Romanian: peruzea
• → Punjabi:
  • Shahmukhi script: فِیروزَہ (fīrozah)
  • Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ੀਰੋਜ਼ਾ (fīrozā)
• → Russian: бирюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)
• → Swahili: feruzi
• → Tatar: фирүзә (firüzä)
• → Turkmen: firuza
• → Ukrainian: бірюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)

Proper noun

فیروزه • (fīrōza / firuze or fērōza / -) (Tajik spelling Фирӯза)

1. a female given name, Firouzeh, Firoozeh, Firuzeh, Feroza, or Firoza

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “فیروزه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “فیروزه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• “فیروزه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026