درفش

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlpš /⁠drafš⁠/, banner), perhaps from a hypothetical Proto-Iranian *drafš- (to "behave" like a banner, fly up, shine, tremble), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *drep- (to cut, tear off (a piece)). Cognate with Parthian 𐫅𐫡𐫜𐫢 (drfš /⁠drafš⁠/), Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬟𐬱𐬀- (drafša-), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾrδʾšp), Sanskrit द्रप्स (drapsá); outside Indo-Iranian, compare in particular Late Latin drappus (piece of cloth). Akin to the borrowings: Old Armenian դրաւշ (drawš), Old Georgian დროშაჲ (drošay), დრაუჟი (drauži), Ossetian тырыса (tyrysa), туруса (turusa), Classical Syriac ܕܪܦܫܐ (drap̄šā).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾäfʃ], [d̪ä.ɾäfʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾäfʃ], [d̪ä.ɾäfʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪i.ɾäfʃ], [d̪ä.ɾäfʃ]

Readings
Classical reading? dirafš, darafš
Dari reading? dirafš, darafš
Iranian reading? derafš, darafš
Tajik reading? dirafš, darafš

Noun

درفش • (derafš)

  1. standard, ensign, colours, banner

Descendants

  • Urdu: دُرَفش (durafš)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դրօշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, 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
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*dram”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

دُرَفش • (durafš) ? (Hindi spelling दुरफ़श)

  1. standard; flag, banner
    Synonyms: پَرچَم (parcam), جَھنڈا (jhaṇḍā)
  2. light; glimmer, shine
    Synonyms: روشنی (rošnī), چَمَک (camak)

Adjective

دُرَفش • (durafš) (Hindi spelling दुरफ़श)

  1. shiny, glimmering
    Synonym: روشن (rošan)

Derived terms

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

References

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