See also: بش, بس, and پش

Baluchi

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Iranian *pHtā́.

Noun

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پس (pis)

  1. father

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Iranian *pácu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páću, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu.

Noun

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پس (pas)

  1. sheep

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭮 (ps /⁠pas⁠/, then, afterwards, behind), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎠 (p-s-a /⁠pasā⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčáH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-(sḱ)-kʷéh₁.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Iran):(file)
Dari پس
Iranian Persian
Tajik пас
 

Readings
Classical reading? pas
Dari reading? pas
Iranian reading? pas
Tajik reading? pas

Conjunction

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پس (pas)

  1. then; so; therefore
    Synonyms: بنابراین (benâbarin), بر این اساس (bar in asâs), از این رو (az in ru), به این خاطر (be in xâter), به این دلیل (be in dalil)

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Noun

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پس (pas)

  1. (literary) back part; (with ezâfe) behind
    Antonym: پیش (piš)

Adjective

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پس (pas)

  1. back; hind
  2. of poor quality

Adverb

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پس (pas)

  1. behind, back
  2. (Dari or archaic) afterwards

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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pas”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65.