پارس

See also: پازش and بارش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

پارس • (pars)

1. alternative form of بارس (bars)

Descendants

• Turkish: pars

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Proper noun

پارس • (pars)

1. Pars (a province and historical region in southwestern Iran, homeland of the Persians; known to the ancient Greeks as Περσίς (Persís) or Περσική (Persikḗ), to the Romans as Persis or Persia, and to the Arabs as فَارِس (fāris).)

Related terms

• پارسی (parsi)

Descendants

• Turkish: Pars

Further reading

• Şemseddin Sami (1889), “پارس”, in Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 2, Constantinople: Mihran, page 663
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “پارس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 432

Etymology 3

Proper noun

پارس • (paris)

1. Paris

Derived terms

• پارسلو (parisli)

Descendants

• Turkish: Paris

Further reading

• Şemseddin Sami (1889), “پارس”, in Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 2, Constantinople: Mihran, page 662

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “پارس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 311
• Mallouf, Nassif (1856), “Paris”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 557

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːrs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɹs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɹs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɹs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːɹs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːɹs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔɹs]

Readings
Classical reading?	pārs
Dari reading?	pārs
Iranian reading?	pârs
Tajik reading?	pors

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

Alternative forms

• فارس (fārs / fârs) (via Arabic)

Proper noun

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (Tajik spelling Порс)

1. Pars (a province and historical region in southwestern Iran, homeland of the Persians; known to the ancient Greeks as Περσίς (Persís) or Περσική (Persikḗ), to the Romans as Persis or Persia, and to the Arabs as فَارِس (fāris).)

Derived terms

• پارسی (pārsī / pârsi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Pars
• → Chagatai: پارس (pārs)
  • Uyghur: پارس (pars)
  • Uzbek: Pors
• → English: Pars
• → French: Pars
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: पारस (pāras)

  Urdu: پارْس (pārs)

• → Ottoman Turkish: پارس (pars)
  • Turkish: Pars
• → Russian: Парс (Pars)

Noun

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (plural پارس‌ها (pārs-hā / pârs-hâ), Tajik spelling порс)

1. ethnic Persian

Derived terms

• پارسستان (pārsistān / pârsestân)

Adjective

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (Tajik spelling порс)

1. Persian

   Synonym: پارسی (pārsī / pârsi)

Etymology 2

From a Turkic source. Compare Turkish pars. Doublet of پلنگ (palang).

Noun

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (Tajik spelling порс)

1. a pard
2. an animal smaller than a leopard and trained to hunt
3. ounce, cheeta

Etymology 3

Related to Persian پاس (pâs, “guard, watch”).

Noun

پارس • (pārs / pârs) (Tajik spelling порс)

1. bark

   Synonym: (colloquial or dialectal) لوئه (lu'e)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1965), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎^[3] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 235–238
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “پارس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul