عسس

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَسَس (ʕasas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈsas]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sǽs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽs]

Readings
Classical reading?	asas
Dari reading?	asas
Iranian reading?	asas
Tajik reading?	asas

Noun

عسس • (asas)

1. (historical) night watch, nocturnal patrol, nocturnal police
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 267”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

     عشرت شبگیر کن، می نوش کاندر راه عشق
     شبروان را آشنایی‌هاست با میر عسس

     išrat-i šabgīr kun, may nōš k-andar rāh-i išq
     šabrawān rā āšnāyī-hāst bā mīr-i asas

     Be happy all night long and drink wine! For on the road of love,
     The night watch commander is acquainted with those who walk during night.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عسس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim