پیاز

See also: پیار, تیار, پيار, and بئار

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian; compare Sogdian [script needed] (pyʾk /⁠piyāk⁠/, “onion”), Khotanese pau (“onion”). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-; compare Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pi.ˈjaːz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɑ́ːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɑ́ːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɔ́ːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɒ́ːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading^?	piyāz
Dari reading^?	piyāz
Iranian reading^?	piyâz
Tajik reading^?	piyoz

Noun


Iranian Persian	پیاز
Dari	پیاز
Tajik	пиёз

پیاز • (piyâz) (plural پیازها)

onion
Synonym: (archaic) سوخ (sux)
bulb
Synonym: سوخ (sux)

Derived terms

پیازچه (piyâzče)

Descendants

→ Assamese: পিয়াঁজ (piãz)
→ Bengali: পেঁয়াজ (pẽẏaj)
→ Gujarati: પ્યાજ (pyāj)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: प्याज़ (pyāz)

Urdu: پیاز (pyāz)
→ Kazakh: пияз (piäz)
→ Kyrgyz: пияз (piyaz)
→ Maithili: पेआजु (pēājʉ)
→ Magahi: 𑂣𑂵𑂄𑂔𑂳 (peāju)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਪਿਆਜ਼ (piāza)

Shahmukhi script: پیاز (peyāz)
→ Uyghur: پىياز (piyaz)
→ Uzbek: piyoz
→ Chinese: 皮芽子, 皮牙子 (píyázi)

References

^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press

Southwestern Fars

Noun

پیاز (piyâz)

(Masarm, Deh Sarv) onion

See also

پیا (piyâ)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (piyāz).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɪ.jɑːz/

Noun

پیاز • (piyāz) m (Hindi spelling पियाज़)

onion
leek

Declension

Declension of **پیاز**
	singular	plural
direct	پیاز (piyāz)	پیاز (piyāz)
oblique	پیاز (piyāz)	پیازوں (piyāzõ)
vocative	پیاز (piyāz)	پیازو (piyāzo)