گرس
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
- گروس (gorus)
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wls /wars/, “hair”), from Proto-Iranian *wálśah (Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (varəsa, “hair (on the head)”), Sogdian [script needed] (wrs /wars/, “hair”) and Northern Kurdish pirç (pirč, “hair on the head”) ) , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wálćas (Cognate with Sanskrit वल्श (válśa, “twig, sprout”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wólḱ-o-s (Cognate with Proto-Slavic *volsъ (“hair”) ). Akin to Old Armenian վարս (vars, “hair”) and վարշամակ (varšamak, “handkerchief; headband”), Iranian borrowings.
Noun edit
گرس • (gors)
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wars”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press