پردیس

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from some reflex of Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Akin to پالیز (pâliz).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [paɾ.ˈdeːs]

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	pardēs
Dari reading?	pardēs
Iranian reading?	pardis
Tajik reading?	pardes

Noun

Dari	پردیس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пардес

پردیس • (pardês) (plural پردیس‌ها (pardês-hâ))

1. garden
2. paradise, heaven
3. campus

Synonyms

• (garden): بوستان (bustân), باغ (bâğ)
• (paradise, heaven): بهشت (behešt), فردوس (ferdows)

Descendants

• → Arabic: فرديس (fardīs)

Proper noun

Dari	پردیس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Пардес

پردیس • (pardês)

1. a female given name, Pardis

Punjabi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रदेश (pradeśa). Equivalent to پَرـ (par-) +‎ دیس (des, “homeland”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pəɾᵊ.d̪eːsᵊ/

Noun

پَرْدیس • (pardes) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰਦੇਸ)

1. abroad; foreign country

Declension

Declension of پردیس
dir. sg.	پَرْدیس (pardes)
dir. pl.	پَرْدیس (pardes)
	singular	plural
direct	پَرْدیس (pardes)	پَرْدیس (pardes)
oblique	پَرْدیس (pardes)	پَرْدیساں (pardesāṉ)
vocative	پَرْدیسا (pardesā)	پَرْدیسو (pardeso)
ablative	پَرْدیسوں (pardesoṉ)	—
locative	پَرْدیسے (pardese)	پَرْدیسِیں (pardesīṉ)
instrumental	پَرْدیسے (pardese)	پَرْدیسِیں (pardesīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پردیس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪਰਦੇਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024