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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (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 (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
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| Classical reading?
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dirafš, darafš
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| Dari reading?
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dirafš, darafš
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| Iranian reading?
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derafš, darafš
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| Tajik reading?
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dirafš, darafš
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Noun
درفش • (derafš)
- standard, ensign, colours, banner
Descendants
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)
- standard; flag, banner
- Synonyms: پَرچَم (parcam), جَھنڈا (jhaṇḍā)
- light; glimmer, shine
- Synonyms: روشنی (rošnī), چَمَک (camak)
Adjective
دُرَفش • (durafš) (Hindi spelling दुरफ़श)
- shiny, glimmering
- Synonym: روشن (rošan)
Derived terms
References
- “درفش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.