ورزش

ورزش

Persian

Etymology

ورز‎ +‎ ـش‎

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /waɾˈzɪʃ/

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

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /vaɾˈziʃ/

• Rhymes: -eʃ

Noun

Dari	ورزش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	варзиш (varziš)

ورزش • (varzeš) (plural ورزش‌ها‎ (varzeš-hâ))

1. sport (activity)
2. exercise

Related terms

• ورزشی‎ (varzeši)
• ورزش کردن‎ (varzeš kardan)
• ورزش پهلوانی‎ (varzeš-e pahlavâni)
• ورزیدن‎ (varzidan)
• ورزشگاه‎ (varzeš-gâh)

Descendants

• → Armenian: վարժ (varž)
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܘܵܪܓ̰ܝܼܣ‎ (värǰis)
• → Azerbaijani: vərdiş (“habit”)
• → Georgian: ვარჯიში (varǯiši), ვარჯისი (varǯisi)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ورزش‎ (varzeš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋəɾ.zɪʃ/

Noun

ورزش • (varziś/warziś) f (Hindi spelling वर्ज़िश)

1. exercise
2. sport
3. custom
4. habit

Declension

Declension of ورزش
	singular	plural
direct	ورزش‎ (varziś)	ورزشیں‎ (varziśẽ)
oblique	ورزش‎ (varziś)	ورزشوں‎ (varziśõ)
vocative	ورزش‎ (varziś)	ورزشو‎ (varziśo)

Related terms

• ورزش کرنا‎ (varziś karnā/warziś karnā, “to exercise”)
• ورزش گاہ‎‎ (varziś-gāh/warziś-gah, “gymnasium, place of exercise”)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ورزش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “ورزش”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.