گیس
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
- گیسو (gêsu)
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian gys (gēs, “curl, locks”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káyćas ~ *gáyćas, of unknown source, likely a borrowing from the the BMAC substrate. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian gyswg (gēsūg). Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬎 (gaēsu, “curls”), Sanskrit केश (keśa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡeːs]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʲiːs]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡes]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gēs |
Dari reading? | gēs |
Iranian reading? | gis |
Tajik reading? | ges |
Noun edit
گیس • (gês) (plural گیسها (gês-hâ))
Synonyms edit
- مو (mu)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گیس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gēs”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡɛːs/
Noun edit
Ushojo edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
گیس (ges)
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