پلاس

See also: تلاش

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈlaːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɑ́ːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɑ́ːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɔ́ːs]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.lɒ́ːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.lɔ́s]

Readings
Classical reading^?	palās
Dari reading^?	palās
Iranian reading^?	palâs
Tajik reading^?	palos

Noun

پلاس • (palâs)

(archaic) sackcloth
(archaic) coarse woollen cloth worn by dervishes
a type of lint-free carpet
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 147:
  رشته‌های جان خود را ساخت مجنون سرخ زرد
  تا برای خیمه لیلی پلاسی نقش کرد
  rišta-hā-yi jān-i xwad rā sāxt majnūn surx u zard
  tā barā-yi xayma-yi laylā palāsē naqš kard
  Majnun made the threads of his own soul red and yellow
  Until he embroidered a carpet for Laylā's tent [thereby].
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

→ Armenian: փալաս (pʻalas)
→ Azerbaijani: palaz
→ Bashkir: балаҫ (balaś)
→ Georgian: ფალასი (palasi)
→ Gujarati: પલાસ (palās)
→ Kumyk: палас (palas)
→ Kyrgyz: палас (palas)
→ Russian: пала́с (palás)
→ Tatar: палас (palas)