پیس

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Khalaj

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Adjective

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پیس (pîs)

  1. Arabic spelling of pîs (ugly)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian پیس (pis, leprosy), from Middle Persian [script needed] (pys /⁠pēs⁠/, mottled, leprous; leprosy).

Noun

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پیس (pis)

  1. leprosy, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae
    Synonym: جذام (cüzam)

Adjective

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پیس (pis)

  1. leprous, relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy
    Synonym: آلاجه (alaca)
  2. (by extension) dirty, filthy, soiled, covered with or containing dirt or grime
    Synonym: مردار (murdar)
  3. (by extension) mean, stingy, miserly, unwilling to spend, give, or share

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: pis
  • Albanian: pis
  • Armenian: փիս (pʻis)

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (pys /⁠pēs⁠/, mottled, leprous; leper), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-. Akin to Old Armenian պիսակ (pisak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pēs
Dari reading? pēs
Iranian reading? pis
Tajik reading? pes

Noun

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پیس (pis)

  1. leprosy

Adjective

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پیس (pis)

  1. leprous
  2. (transferred sense) vile, ignoble
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Descendants

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References

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