گیس
Persian
Alternative forms
- گیسو (gêsu)
Etymology
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɡeːs/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ɡeːs/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ɡiːs/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɡes/
Noun
گیس • (gês) (plural گیسها (gês-hâ))
Synonyms
- مو (mu)
References
- 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
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡeːs/
- (Deccani) IPA(key): /ɡeːs/
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