قمیص

See also: قمیض

Persian

Etymology

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Proto-Germanic *hamô

Proto-West Germanic *hamō

Proto-West Germanic *-iþi

Proto-West Germanic *hamiþibor.

Latin camisiabor.?

Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ)bor.

Persian

Borrowed from Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qa.ˈmiːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.míːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.míːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.mís]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.míːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.mís]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qamīs
Dari reading^?	qamīs
Iranian reading^?	ġamis
Tajik reading^?	qamis

Noun

قمیص • (qamīs / ġamis) (Tajik spelling қамис)

shirt
Synonym: پیراهن (pērāhan / pirâhan)
gown, garment

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: क़मीज़ (qamīz)

Urdu: قَمِیض (qamīz), قَمِیص (qamīs)
- → Assamese: কামিজ (kamiz)
- → Bengali: কামিজ (kamij)
- → Marathi: कमीज (kamīj)
- → Nepali: कमिज (kamij), कमीज (kamīj)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਕਮੀਜ਼ (kamīz)

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “قميص”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “قمیص”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قمیص”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
“قمیص”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.miːs/
Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

قمیص • (qamīs) f (Hindi spelling क़मीस)

alternative form of قمیض (qamīz, “shirt, garment”)