فیروزه
See also: فیروزہ
Azerbaijani
Noun
فیروزه
- Arabic spelling of firuzə
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier پیروزه (pērōza), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, “victorious”).[1][2] Note the Middle Iranian borrowings: Aramaic פרוזג (pīrūzag), Classical Syriac ܦܝܪܘܙܓ (pīrūzag),[3] Arabic فِيرُوزَج (fīrūzaj), فَيْرُوزَج (fayrūzaj).[4][5]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /feː.ɾoː.ˈza/, /fiː.ɾoː.ˈza/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [feː.ɾoː.zä], [fiː.zoː.zä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fiː.ɹuː.ze]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fi.ɾɵ.zä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fērōza, fīrōza |
| Dari reading? | fērōza, fīzōza |
| Iranian reading? | firuze |
| Tajik reading? | firüza |
Noun
فیروزه • (fīrōza, fērōza / firuze) (plural فیروزهها (fīrōza-hā, fērōza-hā / firuze-hâ), Tajik spelling фирӯза)
Derived terms
- فیروزهای (fīrōza-ī / firuze-i)
Descendants
- → Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz)
- → Azerbaijani: firuzə
- → Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzə)
- → Belarusian: біруза́ (biruzá) (via Turkic)
- → Bengali: ফিরোজা (firoza)
- → Bengali: ফেরোজ (feroz)
- → Chagatai: فیروزه
- → Georgian: ფირუზი (piruzi)
- → Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj)
- → Hindustani:
- → Indonesian: pirus
- → Middle Armenian: փերուզայ (pʻeruzay), փերուժա (pʻeruža), փիրուզա (pʻiruza)
- → Old Marathi: पेरुज (peruja), पेरोज (peroja)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پیروزه (piruze), فیروزه (firuze)
- Turkish: firuze
- → Greek: περουζές (perouzés)
- → Romanian: peruzea
- → Punjabi:
- → Russian: бирюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)
- → Swahili: feruzi
- → Tatar: фирүзә (firüzä)
- → Turkmen: firuza
- → Ukrainian: бірюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)
Proper noun
فیروزه • (fīrōza / firuze or fērōza / -) (Tajik spelling Фирӯза)
- a female given name, Firouzeh, Firoozeh, Firuzeh, Feroza, or Firoza
References
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- ^ Horn, Paul (1893), Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 354, pages 78–79
- ^ Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008), Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 233
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979), “փերուզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 500a
- ^ Lokotsch, Karl (1927), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 49
Further reading
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “فیروزه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “فیروزه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- “فیروزه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025