عروس

In its origin an adjective, bearing the form of an ancient passive participle to the action of عُرْس (ʕurs, “wedding”) to which the bridal couple is subjected. Hence the natural plural is عُرُس (ʕurus), based on which the female part in Classical Arabic got the plural-plural عُرُسَات (ʕurusāt) – variant عُرْسَات (ʕursāt) – for specification, and the male part أَعْرَاس (ʔaʕrās) apparently by way of suppletion from عِرْس (ʕirs, “bridegroom or bride”), and then the female part particularly in Modern Standard Arabic by way of suppletion from the dialect form عَرُوسَة (ʕarūsa) its plural عَرَائِس (ʕarāʔis).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ruːs/

عَرُوس • (ʕarūs) m (plural عُرُس (ʕurus) or عِرْسَان (ʕirsān), feminine عَرُوس (ʕarūs))

1. bridegroom

   Synonym: عَرِيس (ʕarīs)

عَرُوس • (ʕarūs) f (plural عَرَائِس (ʕarāʔis))

1. female equivalent of عَرُوس (ʕarūs) and عَرِيس (ʕarīs): bride

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 855
• Drissner, Gerald (8 June 2025) “Bride or Groom? Unlocking the Meaning of ʻArūs (عَرُوسٌ) in Arabic”, in Arabic for Nerds‎^[1], overgeneralizing grammarian statements against frequency of usage across all epochs
• Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1885) Kleinere Schriften‎^[2] (in German), volume I, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, →DOI, page 277
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عروس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 684
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “عروس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 604a

Borrowed from Arabic عَرُوس (ʕarūs). Displaced Persian بیو (bayu) to a large extent.

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عروس • ('arus) (plural عروس‌ها)

1. bride

   Synonyms: بیو (bayu), دغد (doġd)

2. daughter-in-law

   Synonyms: کیلین (kêlin), زن پسر (zan-e pesar), سنه (sonah)

• عروسی ('arusi)
• تازه عروس (tâze-'arus)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “عروس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “عروس”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[4] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 568

From Arabic عَرُوس (ʕarūs).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ruːs/, [ʕaˈruːs]

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عروس • (ʕarūs) f (plural عرايس (ʕarāyes))

1. bride

• فستان العروس (fustān il-ʕarūs, “wedding dress”)

• عريس (ʕarīs, “groom”)
• عرس (ʕurs, “wedding”)