ارس

See also: أرش and آرش

Brokskat

Verb

اَرِس (aris)

  1. to get, to fetch

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫀𐫡𐫘 (ʾrs /⁠ars⁠/, tear), from Proto-Iranian *Hácru (tear), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru (tear), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱru (tear).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ars
Dari reading? ars
Iranian reading? ars
Tajik reading? ars

Noun

ارس • (ars)

  1. (archaic) tear
    Synonym: اشک (ašk)

Etymology 2

From Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbwrs /⁠aburs⁠/), borrowed from Northwestern Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā, which has also been inherited as Middle Persian *abuhl, Persian وهل (vohl), ابل (abol), بل (bol), whence via Arabic ابهل (abhol, obhol). Also passed from two Turkic forms as اردج (ardej, juniper) and آرچه (ârča). With a suffix to first forms also in برسان (barsãn, bersân, a kind of dark-coloured odoriferous syrup).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊɹs], [ʔɪ.ɾʊs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊɹs], [ʔɪ.ɾʊs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔuɹs], [ʔu.ɾus]

Readings
Classical reading? urs, aris
Dari reading? urs, irus
Iranian reading? ors
Tajik reading? urs

Noun

ارس • (classical urs, aris, iranian ors)

  1. juniper
    Synonym: سرو کوهی (sarv-e kuhi)
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Raxsā- (swift-flowing), akin to Sanskrit रङ्घते (raṅghate, to hasten, run). Compare Old Armenian Երասխ (Erasx), Ancient Greek Ἀράξης (Aráxēs), Old Georgian რახსი (raxsi), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾǽs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾǽs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾǽs]

Readings
Classical reading? aras
Dari reading? aras
Iranian reading? aras
Tajik reading? aras

Proper noun

ارس • (aras)

  1. Araks, Aras

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? oros

Proper noun

ارس • (oros)

  1. (Iran, archaic) Rus, Russia
    Synonyms: روس (rus), روسیه (rusiye)

Further reading

  • Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ارس”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʾbwrs”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 15
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ارس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “ارس”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 79b
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