ترسا
See also: برشا
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ترسا • (tersâ)
References edit
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ترسا”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 152
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tlsʾk' /tarsāg/, “Christian”, literally “(God) fearer”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (tls- /tars-/, “to fear, be afraid”) + [Book Pahlavi needed] (-k' /-ag/). See ترسیدن (tarsidan) and ـه (-e) for more. Sogdian ܬܪܣܐܩ (trsʾq /tarsāk/) is a Western Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [taɾ.ˈsɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæɹ.sɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.sɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | tarsā |
Dari reading? | tarsā |
Iranian reading? | tarsâ |
Tajik reading? | tarso |
Adjective edit
ترسا • (tarsâ)
Noun edit
ترسا • (tarsâ) (plural ترسایان (tarsâyân) or ترساها (tarsâ-hâ))
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- ترسایی (tarsâyi)
Further reading edit
- Bolognesi, Giancarlo (1961) “Nuovi aspetti dell'influsso iranico in armeno”, in Handes Amsorya[2] (in Italian), volume 75, numbers 10–12, Vienna, columns 676–677
- de Blois, François (2002) “Naṣrānī (Ναζωραȋος) and ḥanīf (ἐθνικός): Studies on the Religious Vocabulary of Christianity and of Islam”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies[3], volume 65, number 1, pages 9–10
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 82