روسپی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian روسپی (ruspi).

Noun

روسپی • (ruspi, rospi, rospu)

1. prostitute, harlot, hooker, whore

Descendants

• Turkish: orospu

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lwspyk' /⁠rōspīg⁠/, “whore”), equivalent to رو (ru, “face”) + سپید (sapēd, “white, clear, bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾoːs.ˈpiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːs.pʰíː], [ruːs.pʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roːs.pʰíː], [ruːs.pʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [roːs.pʰíː], [ruːs.pʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊːs.pʰí], [rus.pʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuːs.pʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵs.pʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	rōspī
Dari reading?	rōspī, rūspī
Iranian reading?	ruspi
Tajik reading?	rüspi

Noun

Dari	روسپی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рӯспӣ, рӯсбӣ

روسپی • (ruspi) (plural روسپیان (ruspiyân) or روسپی‌ها (ruspi-hâ))

1. prostitute, harlot, whore, courtesan

   Synonyms: فاحشه (fâheše), تن‌فروش (tan-foruš), جنده (jende)

Derived terms

• روسپی‌زاده

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: روسپی (ruspi, rospi, rospu)
• → Armenian: օրոսփի (ōrospʻi)

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “روسپی”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 196
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 72