فرس

From Proto-Semitic *paras-, compare Ge'ez ፈረሰ (färäsä, “to demolish”), Hebrew פָּרַס (pārás, “to divide”), Aramaic פְּרַס (pᵊras, “to divide”), Akkadian 𒋻 (parāsum, “to cut off”). From the root ف ر س (f r s).

Also, from Proto-Semitic *paraš-, Aramaic פְרַשׁ (pᵊraš, “to cut off”).

Further, Arabic فَرَصَ (faraṣa, “to slit”), Hebrew פָּרַץ (pāraṣ, “to breach”), Akkadian 𒉺𒊏𒍮 (parāṣum, “to lie, to break an oath or breach trust”), Ge'ez ፈረጸ (färäṣä, “to break open”), Ugaritic 𐎔𐎗𐎕 (prṣ, “to open”), as well as Arabic فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to notch”).

Also, Arabic فَرَقَ (faraqa, “to separate”), widespread in Semitic.

Also, Arabic فَرَثَ (faraṯa, “to scatter”), Aramaic פְּרַת (pᵊraṯ, “to tear apart”)

فَرَسَ • (farasa) I (non-past يَفْرِسُ (yafrisu), verbal noun فَرْس (fars))

1. to maul, to tear up, to tatter

فَرْس • (fars) m

1. verbal noun of فَرَسَ (farasa) (form I)

Cognate with Hebrew פָּרָשׁ (pārā́š, “horseman”), Classical Syriac ܦܪܫܐ (parašā, “horseman”), Ge'ez ፈረስ (färäs, “horse”).

فَرَس • (faras) m or f (plural أَفْرَاس (ʔafrās))

1. horse, mare

   Synonyms: حِصَان (ḥiṣān), خَيْل (ḵayl)

• → Afar: farás
• → Baldemu: pilish (possibly)
• → Portuguese: alfaraz, Alfaraz
• → Swahili: farasi
  • → Kikuyu: mbarathi
  • → Lingala: farása
  • → Luganda: mbalaàsi
  • → Tooro: embaraasi

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “فرس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2367.

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

فَرَّسَ • (farrasa) II (non-past يُفَرِّسُ (yufarrisu), verbal noun تَفْرِيس (tafrīs))

1. to persianize/persify

فُرْس • (furs) m (collective, singulative فَارِسِيّ m (fārisiyy))

1. Persians

• فَارِس (fāris)

Borrowed from Arabic فَرَس (faras).

فرس • (faras) (plural افراس (afrâs))

1. (literary) horse

   Synonym: اسب (asb)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 102:

     دور از رکاب او شرفی بس که گه گهی
     گردی رسد بدیده ز راه فرس مرا

     dūr az rikāb-i ō šarafē bas ki gah gahē
     gardē rasad ba-dīda zi rāh-i faras ma-rā

     Far away from her saddle, the honor is enough that from time to time,
     A mote of dust reaches my eyes from the road of her horse.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Borrowed from Arabic فُرْس (furs).

فرس • (fors) (literary)

1. the Persians, the Iranians (as a whole); Iran, Persia

   Synonyms: فارس‌ها (fârs-hâ), ایرانیان (irâniyân), عجم (ajam)

2. the Persian language; mainly in فرس قدیم (fors-e qadim, “Old Persian, ancient Persian language”).

   Synonyms: فارسی (fârsi), پارسی (pârsi), دری (dari)

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فرس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

From Arabic فَرَس (faras).

• IPA^(key): /fa.ras/, [ˈfa.ras]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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فرس • (faras) m (plural أفراس (ʔafrās))

1. mare

• فرس النهر (faras in-nahr, “hippo”)

• حصان (ḥsān, “horse”)

From Arabic فُرْس (furs).

• IPA^(key): /furs/, [fʊrs]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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فرس • (furs) pl

1. plural of فارسي (fārsi, “Persian”)

فرس • (furs)

1. plural of فارسي (fārsi, “Persian”)