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Baluchi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Iranian *pHtā́.
Noun
پس • (pis)
- father
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Iranian *pácu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páću, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu.
Noun
پس • (pas)
- sheep
See also
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭮 (ps /pas/, “then, afterwards, behind”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎠 (p-s-a /pasā/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčáH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-(sḱ)-kʷéh₁.
Pronunciation
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پس
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пас
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| Readings
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pas
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pas
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| Iranian reading?
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pas
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pas
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Conjunction
پس • (pas)
- then; so; therefore
- Synonyms: بنابراین (benâbarin), بر این اساس (bar in asâs), از این رو (az in ru), به این خاطر (be in xâter), به این دلیل (be in dalil)
Derived terms
- سپس (sepas, “then, afterwards”)
- پس از (pas az, “after”)
Noun
پس • (pas)
- (literary) back part; (with ezâfe) behind
- Antonym: پیش (piš)
Adjective
پس • (pas)
- back; hind
- of poor quality
Adverb
پس • (pas)
- behind, back
- (Dari or archaic) afterwards
Derived terms
- پس آمدن (pas âmadan, “to come back”)
- ازپس آمدن (az-pas âmadan, “to follow”)
- پس آوردن (pas âvordan, “to bring back”)
- پس افتادن (pas oftâdan, “to fall behind”)
- پس دادن (pas dâdan, “to give back”)
- پس رفتن (pas raftan, “to go back”)
- پس زدن (pas zadan, “to draw back”)
- پس گرفتن (pas gereftan, “to retrieve, to take back”)
- پس گوش انداختن (pas guš andâxtan, “to neglect”)
- پس ماندن (pas mândan, “to stay behind”)
- بازپس (bâz-pas, “behind”)
- بازپسین (bâz pasin, “last”)
- واپسین (vâpasin, “last”)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pas”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65.