See also: فیروزہ

Azerbaijani edit

Noun edit

فیروزه

  1. Arabic spelling of firuzə

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Etymology edit

Arabized pronunciation of Early Classical Persian پیروزه (pērōza), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, victorious). Note the Middle Iranian borrowings: Aramaic פרוזג (pīrūzag), Classical Syriac ܦܝܪܘܙܓ (pīrūzag), Arabic فِيرُوزَج (fīrūzaj), فَيْرُوزَج (fayrūzaj).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? pērōza, fērōza, fīrōza
Dari reading? fīrōza, fērōza
Iranian reading? firuze
Tajik reading? firüza

Noun edit

Dari فیروزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik фирӯза

فیروزِه or فیروزَه (firuze or fêrôza) (plural فیروزه‌ها (firuze-hâ))

  1. turquoise

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Descendants edit

Proper noun edit

Dari فیروزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik Фирӯза

فیروزه (firuze)

  1. a female given name, Firuzeh, Firoozeh, Feroza, Firouzeh, or Firoza

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փերուզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 500a
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 233
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 354, pages 78–79
  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 49