پردیس

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from some reflex of Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Akin to (pâliz).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /paɾ.ˈdeːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.d̪éːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.d̪éːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.d̪éːs]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɹ.d̪íːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.d̪ís]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pardēs
Dari reading^?	pardēs
Iranian reading^?	pardis
Tajik reading^?	pardis

Noun

پردیس • (pardēs / pardis) (plural پردیس‌ها (pardēs-hā / pardis-hâ), Tajik spelling пардис)

garden
Synonyms: بوستان (bustân), باغ (bâġ)
paradise, heaven
Synonyms: بهشت (behešt), فردوس (ferdows)
campus

Descendants

→ Arabic: فرديس (fardīs)

Proper noun

پردیس • (pardēs / pardis) (Tajik spelling Пардис)

a female given name, Pardis

Punjabi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रदेश (pradeśa). Equivalent to پَرـ (par-) +‎ دیس (des, “homeland”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pəɾᵊ.d̪eːsᵊ/

Noun

پَرْدیس • (pardes) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰਦੇਸ)

abroad; foreign country

Declension

Declension of **پردیس**
	singular	plural
direct	پَرْدیس (pardes)	پَرْدیس (pardes)
oblique	پَرْدیس (pardes)	پَرْدیساں (pardesāṉ)
vocative	پَرْدیسا (pardesā)	پَرْدیسو (pardeso)
ablative	پَرْدیسوں (pardesoṉ)	پَرْدیساں (pardesāṉ)
locative	پَرْدیسے (pardese)	پَرْدیسِیں (pardesīṉ)
instrumental	پَرْدیسوں (pardesoṉ)	–

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پردیس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
“ਪਰਦੇਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025