ورزش

Persian

Etymology

From (varz) +‎ (-eš).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /waɾ.ˈziʃ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäɾ.zɪ́ʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäɾ.zɪ́ʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäɾ.zíʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væɹ.zéʃ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väɾ.zíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	warziš
Dari reading^?	warziš
Iranian reading^?	varzeš
Tajik reading^?	varziš

Rhymes: -eʃ

Noun


Iranian Persian	ورزش
Dari	ورزش
Tajik	варзиш

وَرْزِش • (varzeš) (plural ورزش‌ها (varzeš-hâ))

sport (activity)
exercise

Related terms

وَرْزِشی (varzeši)
وَرْزِش کَرْدَن (varzeš kardan)
وَرْزِش پَهْلَوانی (varzeš-e pahlavâni)
وَرْزیدَن (varzidan)
وَرْزِشْگاه (varzešgâh)

Descendants

→ Armenian: վարժ (varž)
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܘܵܪܓ̰ܝܼܣ (värǰis)
→ Azerbaijani: vərdiş (“habit”)
→ Georgian: ვარჯიში (varǯiši), ვარჯისი (varǯisi)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਵਰਜ਼ਸ਼ (varzaś)

Shahmukhi script: ورزش (varzaś)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (warziš).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋəɾ.zɪʃ/

Noun

وَرْزِش • (varziś) f (Hindi spelling वर्ज़िश)

exercise
Synonym: کسرت (kasrat)
sport
Synonym: کھیل (khel)
custom
habit

Declension

Declension of **ورزش**
	singular	plural
direct	وَرْزِش (varziś)	وَرْزِشیں (varziśẽ)
oblique	وَرْزِش (varziś)	وَرْزِشوں (varziśõ)
vocative	وَرْزِش (varziś)	وَرْزِشو (varziśo)

Related terms

وَرْزِش کَرْنا (varziś karnā, “to exercise”)
وَرْزِش گاہ (varziś gāh, “gymnasium, place of exercise”)
ورزش خانہ (varziś-xāna, “gymnasium, place of exercise”)
ورزشی (varziśī, “athletic”)
ورزش کار (varziś-kār, “athlete”)

References

Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ورزش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
“ورزش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.