فیروزه
See also: فیروزہ
Azerbaijani
Noun
فیروزه
- Arabic spelling of firuzə
Persian
Alternative forms
- پیروزه (pērōza) (archaic)
Etymology
Arabized pronunciation of Early Classical Persian پیروزه (pērōza), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, “victorious”). Note the Middle Iranian borrowings: Aramaic פרוזג (pīrūzag), Classical Syriac ܦܝܪܘܙܓ (pīrūzag), Arabic فِيرُوزَج (fīrūzaj), فَيْرُوزَج (fayrūzaj).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /peː.ɾoː.ˈza/, /feː.ɾoː.ˈza/, /fiː.ɾoː.ˈza/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fiː.ɾoː.zä], [feː.ɾoː.zä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fiː.ɹuː.ze]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fi.ɾɵ.zä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pērōza, fērōza, fīrōza |
| Dari reading? | fīrōza, fērōza |
| Iranian reading? | firuze |
| Tajik reading? | firüza |
Noun
| Dari | فیروزه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | фирӯза |
فیروزِه or فیروزَه • (firuze or fêrôza) (plural فیروزهها)
Derived terms
- فیروزهای (firuze-'i)
Descendants
- → Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz)
- → Azerbaijani: firuzə
- → Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzə)
- → Belarusian: біруза́ (biruzá) (via Turkic)
- → Bengali: ফিরোজা (firoza)
- → Bengali: ফেরোজ (feroz)
- → Chagatai: فیروزه
- → Georgian: ფირუზი (piruzi)
- → Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj)
- → Hindustani:
- → Indonesian: pirus
- → Middle Armenian: փերուզայ (pʻeruzay), փերուժա (pʻeruža), փիրուզա (pʻiruza)
- → Old Marathi: पेरुज (peruja), पेरोज (peroja)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پیروزه (piruze), فیروزه (firuze)
- Turkish: firuze
- → Greek: περουζές (perouzés)
- → Romanian: peruzea
- → Punjabi:
- → Russian: бирюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)
- → Swahili: feruzi
- → Tatar: фирүзә (firüzä)
- → Turkmen: firuza
- → Ukrainian: бірюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)
Proper noun
| Dari | فیروزه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Фирӯза |
فیروزه • (firuze)
- a female given name, Firouzeh, Firoozeh, Firuzeh, Feroza, or Firoza
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փերուզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 500a
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 233
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 354, pages 78–79
- Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 49