شیراز

See also: شيراز

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

شیراز

Arabic spelling of Şiraz

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.ˈɾɑːz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.ɾɑ́ːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.ɾɑ́ːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.ɾɔ́ːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɹɒ́ːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.ɾɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šērāz
Dari reading^?	šērāz
Iranian reading^?	širâz
Tajik reading^?	šeroz

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	شیراز
Dari	شیراز
Tajik	Шероз

شیراز • (širâz)

Shiraz (a city in Iran)

Related terms

شیرازی (širâzi)

Etymology 2

(šir, “milk”) + an uncertain second part; cognate to Central Kurdish شیرێژ (şîrêj), سیرێژ (sîrêj) and Gurani سیراج (sîrac). Compare Persian (širzâ), (širzâd, “a fattening drug which gives an increase of milk”), in Classical Syriac recorded in the form ܫܝܪܙܝܕ (šyrzyd) by Bar Bahlul.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ˈɾɑːz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾɑ́ːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾɑ́ːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ɾɔ́ːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɹɒ́ːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ɾɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šīrāz
Dari reading^?	šīrāz
Iranian reading^?	širâz
Tajik reading^?	široz

Noun

شیراز • (širâz)

(obsolete) yoghurt drained of whey

Descendants

→ Arabic: شِيرَاز (šīrāz)

References

“šyrzyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) “ܫܝܪܙܝܕ”, in Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 263

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