پاس

Kashmiri

Perso-Arabic پاس (pās)
Devanagari पास (pās)
Sharada 𑆥𑆳𑆱 (pāsa)

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva).

Noun

پاس • (pāsm

  1. a side

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian پاس (pās).

Noun

پاس • (pāsm

  1. consideration, thoughtfulness
  2. sake
    خۄدایہِ سٕنٛدِ پاسہٕkhọdāyhi sụndi pāsụfor God's sake
  3. mercy, pity

Etymology 3

From English pass.

Noun

پاس • (pāsm

  1. a pass (document to grant permission)

Etymology 4

From English pass.

Noun

پاس • (pāsm

  1. success in an exam

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pʾs /⁠pās⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *páHθrah, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tro-, from *peh₂- (to protect); see there for further information. Doublet of پهره (pahre).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pās
Dari reading? pās
Iranian reading? pâs
Tajik reading? pos

Noun

پاس • (pâs)

  1. guard, watch
    Synonyms: پهره (pahre), کشک (kešek), قراولی (qarâvoli), پاسبانی (pâsbâni), نگهبانی (negahbâni)
  2. watch of the night
    • 1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 15:
      پاسی از شب بگذشت.
      pasē az šab biguḏašt.
      A portion of the night passed.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  3. (chiefly as به پاس) consideration, considering
    به پاس خدمات شماbe pâs-e xedmât-e šomâin consideration of your service
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pass.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? pâs

Noun

پاس • (pâs)

  1. pass, passing
Derived terms
  • پاس کردن (pâs kardan, to pass)
  • پاس گل (pâs-e gol, assist)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲 (passa), 𑀧𑀸𑀲 (pāsa), from Sanskrit पार्श्वे (pārśve). Cognate with Marathi पासून (pāsūn), Gujarati પાસે (pāse).

Pronunciation

Adverb

پاس • (pās) (Hindi spelling पास)

  1. near, nearby

Noun

پاس • (pāsm (Hindi spelling पास)

  1. nearby

Declension

Declension of پاس
singular plural
direct پاس (pās) پاس (pās)
oblique پاس (pās) پاسوں (pāsõ)
vocative پاس (pās) پاسو (pāso)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • آس پاس (ās pās, nearby, adverb)
  • کے پاس (ke pās, belonging to, postposition)

Further reading

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “پاس”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 327
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “پاس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 217
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پاس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 144
  • پاس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “پاس”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 361
  • پاس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.