ابریشم

Persian

Alternative forms

بریشم‎ (barišam) (poetic, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄lyšwm,ʾp̄lyšm /abrēšom/, “silk”), from Proto-Iranian *upawraišamah. Compare Luri ۏریشںم‎ (örişəm) and Old Armenian loanword ապրիշում (aprišum, “silk”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /abɾiːˈʃam/, /abɾiːˈʃum/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /abɾiːˈʃam/, /abɾiːˈʃʊm/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /æbɾiːˈʃæm/, /æbɾiːˈʃom/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /abɾeˈʃim/

Noun

Iranian Persian	ابریشم
Dari	ابریشم
Tajik	абрешим (abrešim)

ابریشم • (abrišam, abrišom)

silk

Derived terms

ابریشم‌بافی‎ (abrišam-bâfi)
ابریشمی‎ (abrišami)
ابریشمین‎ (abrišamin)
راه ابریشم‎ (râh-e abrišam)
کرم ابریشم‎ (kerm-e abrišam)

Descendants

→ Arabic: أبريسم‎ (ʔabrīsam, ʔabrīsim), إبريسم‎ (ʾibrīsam, ʾibrīsim)
→ Bengali: রেশম (reśom)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: रेशम (reśam)

Urdu: ریشم‎ (rešam)
→ Old Georgian: აბრეშუმი (abrešumi) (or from the Middle Persian ancestor)
- Georgian: აბრეშუმი (abrešumi)
  - → Bats: აფშრულ (apšrul)
  - → Mingrelian: აბრეშუმი (abrešumi), არეშუმი (arešumi), არუშუმი (arušumi)
  - → Svan: აბრეშუ̂იმ (abrešûim)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ابرشیم‎ (ibrişim)
- → Turkish: ibrişim
→ Udi: абришӏум (abriš:um)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “abrēšom”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 4

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