گیس

See also: كيس, کیش, and گئس

Persian

Alternative forms

• گیسو (gêsu)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian gys (gēs, “curl, locks”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian gyswg (gēsūg). Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

گیس • (gês) (plural گیس‌ها (gês-hâ))

1. long hair (of a woman)
2. ringlet of hair, a forelock, a sidelock, curl
3. plait, braid

Synonyms

• مو (mu)

Derived terms

• کلاه‌گیس (kolâh-gês)
• گیسو (gêsu)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گیس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gēs”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press