روسپی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian روسپی (ruspi).

Noun

روسپی • (ruspi, rospi, rospu)

  1. prostitute, harlot, hooker, whore

Descendants

  • Turkish: orospu

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (lwspyk' /⁠rōspīg⁠/, “whore”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [roːs.pʰíː], [ruːs.pʰíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [roːs.pʰíː], [ruːs.pʰíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [rʊːs.pʰí], [rus.pʰí]

Readings
Classical reading? rōspī
Dari reading? rōspī, rūspī
Iranian reading? ruspi
Tajik reading? rüspi

Noun

روسپی • (rōspī / ruspi) (plural روسپیان (rōspīyān / ruspiyân), or روسپی‌ها (rōspī-hā / ruspi-hâ), Tajik spelling рӯспӣ)

  1. prostitute, harlot, whore, courtesan
    Synonyms: فاحشه (fāhiša / fâheše), تن‌فروش (tan-furōš / tan-foruš), جنده (jinda / jende)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: روسپی (ruspi, rospi, rospu)
  • → Armenian: օրոսփի (ōrospʻi)

Further reading

  • Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “روسپی”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 196
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 72
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