پرتو

See also: تربو and ترثو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پرتو (partaw)

Noun

پرتو • (pertev)

1. ray of light
2. splendor

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “pertev”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “پرتو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 318a

Persian

Alternative forms

• فرتو (fartow)

Etymology

The second part is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Related to Persian تفت (“heat, warmth”), Persian آفتاب (“sun, sunshine”), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /par.ˈtaw/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.t̪ʰáw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.t̪ʰáw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.t̪ʰáw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.t̪ʰáw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɹ.t̪ʰów]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.t̪ʰáw]

Readings
Classical reading?	partaw
Dari reading?	partaw
Iranian reading?	partow
Tajik reading?	partav

Noun

Dari	پرتو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	партав

پرتو • (partow)

1. ray, ray of light
2. light
3. (physics) radiation

Derived terms

• پرتودرمانی (partow-darmâni, “radiotherapy”)
• پرتوزا (partow-zâ, “radioactive”)
• پرتونگاری (partow-negâri, “radiography”)
• پرتو زدن (partow zadan, “to irradiate”)
• پرتو آفتاب (partow-e âftâb, “sunbeam”)

Proper noun

پرتو • (partow)

1. a surname, Partow

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پرتو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.