گیس

See also: كيس, کیش, and گئس

Persian

Alternative forms

• گیسو (gêsu)

Etymology

From Middle Persian gys (gēs, “curl, locks”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káyćas ~ *gáyćas, of unknown source, likely a borrowing from the the BMAC substrate. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian gyswg (gēsūg). Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬎 (gaēsu, “curls”), Sanskrit केश (keśa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡeːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡeːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡeːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡeːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡeːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲiːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡes]

Readings
Classical reading?	gēs
Dari reading?	gēs
Iranian reading?	gis
Tajik reading?	ges

Noun

گیس • (gês) (plural گیس‌ها (gês-hâ))

1. long hair
2. ringlet of hair, a forelock, a sidelock, curl
3. plait, braid

Synonyms

• مو (mu)

Derived terms

• کلاه‌گیس (kolâh-gês)
• گیسو (gêsu)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گیس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gēs”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English gas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɛːs/

Noun

گَیس • (gais) m (Hindi spelling गैस)

1. gas, petrol

   Synonym: پیٹْرول (peṭrol)

2. fart

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu گیس (geys).

Noun

گیس (ges)

1. gas, petrol