گرس

Persian

Alternative forms

• گروس (gorus)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wls /⁠wars⁠/, “hair”), from Proto-Iranian *wálśah, cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (var^əsa, “hair (on the head)”), Sogdian [script needed] (wrs /⁠wars⁠/, “hair”) and Northern Kurdish pirç (pirč, “hair on the head”); from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wálćas, cognate with Sanskrit वल्श (válśa, “twig, sprout”); from Proto-Indo-European *wólḱ-o-s, cognate with Proto-Slavic *volsъ (“hair”). Akin to Old Armenian վարս (vars, “hair”) and վարշամակ (varšamak, “handkerchief; headband”), which are Iranian borrowings.

Noun

گرس • (gors)

1. curl, ringlet
2. braid

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wars”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press