گیس

• گیسو (gêsu)

From Middle Persian gys (gēs, “curl, locks”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káyćas ~ *gáyćas, of unknown source, likely a borrowing from the the BMAC substrate. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian gyswg (gēsūg). Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬎 (gaēsu, “curls”), Sanskrit केश (keśa).

گیس • (gês) (plural گیس‌ها)

1. long hair
2. ringlet of hair, a forelock, a sidelock, curl
3. plait, braid

• مو (mu)

• کلاه‌گیس (kolâh-gês)
• گیسو (gêsu)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گیس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gēs”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Borrowed from English gas.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɛːs/

گَیس • (gais) m (Hindi spelling गैस)

1. gas, petrol

   Synonym: پیٹْرول (peṭrol)

2. fart

From Urdu گیس (geys).

گیس (ges)

1. gas, petrol