راسو

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian lswk' (rasūg); compare Classical Syriac ܪܣܘܓ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑː.ˈsuː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.súː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.súː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑː.súː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔː.sú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒː.súː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔ.sú]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāsū
Dari reading?	rāsū
Iranian reading?	râsu
Tajik reading?	rosu

Noun

Dari	راسو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	росу

راسو • (râsu)

1. weasel

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “راسو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “راسو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “راسو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim