گرس

Persian

Alternative forms

• گروس (gorus)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian wls (wars, “hair”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Sanskrit वल्श (válśa, “twig, sprout”) and Proto-Slavic *volsъ (“hair”). Akin to Old Armenian վարս (vars) and վարշամակ (varšamak), 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