پهلو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پهلو (pahlû, “side, flank”).

Noun

پهلو • (pehlu)

  1. side, flank, the flesh between the last rib and the hip
    Synonym: بوگور (böğür)
  2. (military) flank, the extreme left or right edge of an army

Derived terms

  • پهلو به پهلو (pehlu be pehlu, “side by side”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: pehlu

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (pʾhlwk' /⁠pahlūg⁠/), from Old Persian *parθukah, suffixed from Proto-Iranian *párcuš (“rib”).[1] Compare Northern Kurdish parsû (“side”), Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, “rib”), Russian пе́рси (pérsi, “bosom”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäɦ.lúː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.lúː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰɔː.lú]

Readings
Classical reading? pahlū
Dari reading? pahlū
Iranian reading? pahlu
Tajik reading? pahlu

Noun

پهلو • (pahlu)

  1. side; flank (of the body)
    Synonyms: کنار (kenâr), بغل (bağal)
  2. side; beside
    Synonyms: کنار (kenâr), جنب (janb)
  3. (military) flank (of an army)
  4. (geometry) side
    Synonym: ضلع (zel')
Derived terms
  • پهلو به پهلو (pahlu be pahlu, “side by side”)
  • پهلو زدن (pahlu zadan, “to emulate; to vie”)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠pahlaw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (p-r-θ-v /⁠parθavaʰ⁠/, “Parthian”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäɦ.lǽw]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.lǽw]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰɔː.lǽw]

Readings
Classical reading? pahlaw
Dari reading? pahlaw
Iranian reading? pahlow
Tajik reading? pahlav

Noun

پهلو • (pahlow)

  1. Obsolete form of پهلوان (pahlavân, “hero, champion”).

References

  1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 198
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