شپش

See also: سبس and سپس

Persian

Alternative forms

  • پش (paš) (dialectal, Sistan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭮𐭯𐭩𐭱 (spiš, “louse”), borrowed from Old Median *spišah, from Proto-Iranian *cwíšah.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šipiš, šupuš
Dari reading? šipiš
Iranian reading? šepeš
Tajik reading? šapuš
Dari شپش
Iranian Persian
Tajik шабушк, шапуш

Noun

شپش • (šepeš) (plural شپش‌ها)

  1. louse
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