پرویز

Persian

Alternative forms

اپرویز (aparwēz / aparviz)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄lwyc /⁠abarwēz⁠/, “triumphant, victorious”), Manichaean Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (ʾbrwyj).^[1]

Pronunciation

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

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɹ.viːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.vez]

Readings
Classical reading^?	parwēz
Dari reading^?	parwēz
Iranian reading^?	parviz
Tajik reading^?	parvez

Proper noun

پرویز • (parwēz / parviz) (Tajik spelling Парвез)

a male given name, Parviz or Parwez
Nickname for Khosrow II, Sassanid King
Synonym: خسرو پرویز (xusraw parwēz / xosrow parviz)

Derived terms

پرویزی (parwēzī / parvizi)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: Pərviz
→ Bengali: পারভেজ (parbhej)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: परवेज़ (parvez)
- Urdu: پَرْوِیز (parvīz)
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਪਰਵੇਜ਼ (parvez)
- Shahmukhi script: پَرْوِیز (parvīz)

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “abarwēz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 2