پردیس

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

پردیس • (pardēs / pardis) (plural پردیس‌ها (pardēs-hā / pardis-hâ), Tajik spelling пардис)

1. garden

   Synonyms: بوستان (bustân), باغ (bâġ)

2. paradise, heaven

   Synonyms: بهشت (behešt), فردوس (ferdows)

3. campus, grounds or property of a school, college, or university

Descendants

• → Arabic: فرديس (fardīs)

Proper noun

پردیس • (pardēs / pardis) (Tajik spelling Пардис)

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

	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	پَرْدیسوں (pardesoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پردیس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਪਰਦੇਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026