ویس

See also: ويس‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَيْس‎‎ (ways).

Noun

ویس • (veys)

poverty; want; need

Descendants

Turkish: veys

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ویس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, 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 Persian) IPA^(key): /wiːs/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /viːs/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /vis/

Noun

ویس • (vis)

clan

Proper noun

ویس • (vis)

a female given name, Vis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic وَيْس‎‎ (ways).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wajs/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /wajs/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /vejs/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /vajs/

Noun

ویس • (veys)

indigence
anything one desires
contempt, exclamation of pity, or approbation

References

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

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