پلاس

See also: تلاش

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pa.ˈlaːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɑ́ːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɑ́ːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɑ́ːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɔ́ːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.lɒ́ːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɔ́s]

Readings
Classical reading?	palās
Dari reading?	palās
Iranian reading?	palâs
Tajik reading?	palos

Noun

پلاس • (palâs)

1. (archaic) sackcloth
2. (archaic) coarse woollen cloth worn by dervishes
3. a type of lint-free carpet
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 147:

     رشته‌های جان خود را ساخت مجنون سرخ زرد
     تا برای خیمه لیلی پلاسی نقش کرد

     rišta-hā-yi jān-i xwad rā sāxt majnūn surx u zard
     tā barā-yi xayma-yi laylā palāsē naqš kard

     Majnun made the threads of his own soul red and yellow
     Until he embroidered a carpet for Laylā's tent [thereby].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Armenian: փալաս (pʻalas)
• → Azerbaijani: palaz
• → Bashkir: балаҫ (balaś)
• → Georgian: ფალასი (palasi)
• → Gujarati: પલાસ (palās)
• → Kumyk: палас (palas)
• → Kyrgyz: палас (palas)
• → Russian: пала́с (palás)
• → Tatar: палас (palas)