جرس

See also: خرس, حرس, and جرش

Arabic

Verb

جَرَسَ • (jarasa) I, non-past يَجْرِسُ‎ (yajrisu)

  1. to ring, to produce a gentle modulating sound
  2. (archaic) to suck, to eat with the tongue (said of certain animals)
    • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʕaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], edited by Gerlof van Vloten, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʕulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, pages 170 line 9–171 line 1:
      لَاعِيَة شجرة تنبت في سفح الجبال لها ورق طيّب الرِيح تجرسه النَحْل وله لبن غزير إذا قطِعَت
      Green spurge or sun spurge is a shrub which grows on the surfaces of mountains, it has good-smelling leaves sucked by bees and copious milk when slit.

Conjugation

Noun

جَرَس • (jaras) m (plural أَجْرَاس (ʔajrās))

  1. gong, bell, tam-tam

Declension

Descendants

  • Galician: axóuxere, arouxo, asouxo, axóuxel, axouxo, xóuxel, xóuxele, xóuxere, alxóuxere, alxóuxara, axóuxara, axóuxer, axóuxera, alxóuxer, alxóuxar
  • Persian: جرس (jaras)
  • Portuguese: aljarze, aljorce, aljorge, aljorze, arjoz
  • Spanish: aljaraz

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَس (jaras).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.ɾäs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.ɾäs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.ɾäs]

Readings
Classical reading? jaras
Dari reading? jaras
Iranian reading? jaras
Tajik reading? jaras

Noun

جرس • (jaras)

  1. clapper

See also

  • زرفسانیدن
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