درفش

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlpš /drafš/, “banner”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫅𐫡𐫜𐫢‎ (drfš /drafš/), Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬟𐬱𐬀‎-‎ (drafša‎-), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾrδʾšp), Sanskrit द्रप्स (drapsá). Akin to the borrowings: Old Armenian դրաւշ (drawš), Old Georgian დროშაჲ (drošay), დრაუჟი (drauži), Ossetian тырыса (tyrysa), туруса (turusa), Classical Syriac ܕܪܦܫܐ‎ (drap̄šā).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /diɾafʃ~daɾafʃ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /dɪɾafʃ~daɾafʃ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /deɾæfʃ~dæɾæfʃ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /diɾafʃ~daɾafʃ/

درفش • (derafš)

1. standard, ensign, colours, banner

• → Urdu: دُرَفش‎ (durafš)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դրօշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 697ab
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 553, page 123
• Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 348
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “درفش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

From Classical Persian درفش‎ (dirafš, “standard; banner”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊ.ɾəfʃ/, /d̪ə.ɾəfʃ/, /d̪ɪ.ɾəfʃ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊ.ɾəfʃ/, /d̪ə.ɾəfʃ/, /d̪ɪ.ɾəfʃ/

دُرَفش • (durafš) ? (Hindi spelling दुरफ़श)

1. standard; flag, banner

   Synonyms: پَرچَم‎ (parcam), جَھنڈا‎ (jhaṇḍā)

2. light; glimmer, shine

   Synonyms: روشنی‎ (rošnī), چَمَک‎ (camak)

دُرَفش • (durafš) (Hindi spelling दुरफ़श)

1. shiny, glimmering

   Synonym: روشن‎ (rošan)

• دُرَفشاں‎ (durafšã, “bright”)
• دُرَفشِ کاوا‎ (durafš-e-kāvā, “Kayanian standard”)

• “درفش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.