ویس

See also: ويس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَيْس (ways).

Noun

ویس • (veys)

1. poverty; want; need

Descendants

• Turkish: veys

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ویس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2153b

Persian

Etymology 1

From Old Persian 𐎻𐎰 (viθ-, “house(hold), clan, royal court”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wiːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wiːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wis]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [viːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vis]

Readings
Classical reading?	wīs
Dari reading?	wīs
Iranian reading?	vis
Tajik reading?	vis

Noun

ویس • (vis)

1. clan

Proper noun

ویس • (vis)

1. a female given name, Vis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic وَيْس (ways).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wajs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäjs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäjs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäjs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäjs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [w.ejs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väjs]

Readings
Classical reading?	ways
Dari reading?	ways
Iranian reading?	w-eys
Tajik reading?	vays

Noun

ویس • (veys)

1. indigence
2. anything one desires
3. contempt, exclamation of pity, or approbation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ويس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1483b