فیروزه

فیروزه

See also: فیروزہ‎

Azerbaijani

Noun

فیروزه

1. Arabic spelling of firuzə

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Persian

فیروزه

Alternative forms

• پیروزه‎ (piruze) (archaic)

Etymology

The form فیروزه (firuze) is Arabized. The native form is پیروزه‎ (piruze), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰‎ (pērōz, “victorious”). Note the Middle Iranian borrowings: Aramaic פרוזג‎ (pīrūzag), Classical Syriac ܦܝܪܘܙܓ‎ (pīrūzag), Arabic فِيرُوزَج‎ (fīrūzaj), فَيْرُوزَج‎ (fayrūzaj).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fiːɾoːza/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /fiːɾoːza/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /fiːɾuːze/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /fiɾɵza/

Noun

Dari	فیروزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фирӯза (firüza)

فیروزه • (firuze) (plural فیروزه‌ها‎ (firuze-hâ))

1. turquoise

Derived terms

• فیروزه‌ای‎ (firuze'i)

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَيْرُوز‎ (fayrūz)
• → Azerbaijani: firuzə
• → Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzä)
• → Belarusian: біруза́ (biruzá) (via Turkic)
• → Bengali: ফিরোজা (firoza)
• → Chagatai: فیروزه‎
  • Uzbek: feruza, firuza
• → Georgian: ფირუზი (piruzi)
• → Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: फ़िरोज़ा (firozā)
  • Urdu: فِیروزَہ‎ (fīroza, fīrūza)
• → Indonesian: pirus
• → Middle Armenian: փերուզայ (pʿeruzay), փերուժա (pʿeruža), փիրուզա (pʿiruza)
  • Armenian: փիրուզ (pʿiruz), փիրուզա (pʿiruza), փերուզա (pʿeruza), փերուզակ (pʿeruzak); փիրուզայ (pʿiruzay), փերուզայ (pʿeruzay), փէրուզայ (pʿēruzay)
• → Old Marathi: पेरुज (peruja), पेरोज (peroja)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پیروزه‎ (piruze), فیروزه‎ (firuze)
  • Turkish: firuze
  • → Greek: περουζές (perouzés)
  • → Romanian: peruzea
• → Punjabi:
  • Shahmukhi: فِیروزَہ‎ (fīrozah)
  • Gurmukhi: ਫ਼ੀਰੋਜ਼ਾ (fīrozā)
• → Russian: бирюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)
• → Swahili: feruzi
• → Tatar: фирүзә (firüzä)
• → Turkmen: firuza
• → Ukrainian: бірюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)

Proper noun

فیروزه • (firuze)

1. a female given name, Firouzeh, Firoozeh, or Firuzeh

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “փերուզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 500a
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 233
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 354, pages 78–79
• Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 49