ارس

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See also: أرش and آرش

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Verb

اَرِس (aris)

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”).

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Classical reading^?	ars
Dari reading^?	ars
Iranian reading^?	ars
Tajik reading^?	ars

Noun

ارس • (ars)

(archaic) tear
Synonym: اشک (ašk)

Etymology 2

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

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

Noun

ارس • (classical urs, aris, iranian ors)

juniper
Synonym: سرو کوهی (sarv-e kuhi)

Alternative forms

ورس (vors), برس (burs), آرس (āris), اورس (avirs)

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.

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Classical reading^?	aras
Dari reading^?	aras
Iranian reading^?	aras
Tajik reading^?	aras

Proper noun

ارس • (aras)

Araks, Aras

Etymology 4

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Iranian reading^?	oros

Proper noun

ارس • (oros)

(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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