ارتش

Persian

Etymology

A false back-formation introduced during the Reza Shah regime's Persianization program, from ارتشدار (artešdâr, “soldier”). Erroneously analyzed as a compound word made from two parts with the latter component as دار (dâr, “haver”), the solecism was nonetheless officially approved.

Displaced Turkic اردو (ordu) in Iranian Persian.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɾ.ˈtiʃ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.t̪ʰɪ́ʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.t̪ʰɪ́ʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.t̪ʰíʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.t̪ʰéʃ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.t̪ʰíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	artiš
Dari reading^?	artiš
Iranian reading^?	arteš
Tajik reading^?	artiš

Noun


Dari	اردو
Iranian Persian	ارتش
Tajik	артиш

اَرْتِش • (arteš)

(Iran, military) army
Synonyms: اُرْدو (ordu), سِپاه (sepâh), لَشْکَر (laškar)
(Iran) Islamic Republic of Iran Army

Derived terms

اَرْتِشی (arteši)
اَرْتِشْبُد (artešbod)

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