شیراز
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See also: شيراز
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
شیراز
- Arabic spelling of Şiraz
Persian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šērāz |
| Dari reading? | šērāz |
| Iranian reading? | širâz |
| Tajik reading? | šeroz |
Proper noun
| Dari | شیراز |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Шероз |
شیراز • (širâz)
Related terms
- شیرازی (širâzi)
Etymology 2
شیر (šir, “milk”) + an uncertain second part; cognate to Central Kurdish شیرێژ (şîrêj), سیرێژ (sîrêj) and Gurani سیراج (sîrac). Compare Persian شیرزا (širzâ), شیرزاد (širzâd, “a fattening drug which gives an increase of milk”), in Classical Syriac recorded in the form ܫܝܪܙܝܕ (šyrzyd) by Bar Bahlul.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šīrāz |
| Dari reading? | šīrāz |
| Iranian reading? | širâz |
| Tajik reading? | široz |
Noun
شیراز • (širâz)
Descendants
- → Arabic: شِيرَاز (šīrāz)
References
- “šyrzyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) “ܫܝܪܙܝܕ”, in Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 263