ورزش

Persian

Etymology

From وَرْز (varz) +‎ ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [waɾ.ˈziʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäɾ.zɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäɾ.zɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäɾ.zɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäɾ.zíʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væɹ.zéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väɾ.zíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	warziš
Dari reading?	warziš
Iranian reading?	varzeš
Tajik reading?	varziš

• Rhymes: -eʃ

Noun

Dari	ورزش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	варзиш

وَرْزِش • (varzeš) (plural ورزش‌ها (varzeš-hâ))

1. sport (activity)
2. exercise

Related terms

• وَرْزِشی (varzeši)
• وَرْزِش کَرْدَن (varzeš kardan)
• وَرْزِش پَهْلَوانی (varzeš-e pahlavâni)
• وَرْزیدَن (varzidan)
• وَرْزِشْگاه (varzešgâh)

Descendants

• → Armenian: վարժ (varž)
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܘܵܪܓ̰ܝܼܣ (värǰis)
• → Azerbaijani: vərdiş (“habit”)
• → Georgian: ვარჯიში (varǯiši), ვარჯისი (varǯisi)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਰਜ਼ਸ਼ (varzaś)

  Shahmukhi script: ورزش (varzaś)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَرْزِش (warziš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋəɾ.zɪʃ/

Noun

وَرْزِش • (varziś) f (Hindi spelling वर्ज़िश)

1. exercise

   Synonym: کسرت (kasrat)

2. sport

   Synonym: کھیل (khel)

3. custom
4. habit

Declension

Declension of ورزش
	singular	plural
direct	وَرْزِش (varziś)	وَرْزِشیں (varziśẽ)
oblique	وَرْزِش (varziś)	وَرْزِشوں (varziśõ)
vocative	وَرْزِش (varziś)	وَرْزِشو (varziśo)

Related terms

• وَرْزِش کَرْنا (varziś karnā, “to exercise”)
• وَرْزِش گاہ (varziś gāh, “gymnasium, place of exercise”)
• ورزش خانہ (varziś-xāna, “gymnasium, place of exercise”)
• ورزشی (varziśī, “athletic”)
• ورزش کار (varziś-kār, “athlete”)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ورزش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “ورزش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.