قمیص

See also: قمیض

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qa.miːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.miːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.miːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.miːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.mis]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.miːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.mis]

Readings
Classical reading?	qamīs
Dari reading?	qamīs
Iranian reading?	ğamis
Tajik reading?	qamis

Noun

قمیص • (qamīs／ğamis)

1. shirt

   Synonym: پیراهن (pērāhan／pirâhan)

2. gown, garment

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़मीज़ (qamīz)

  Urdu: قَمِیض (qamīz), قَمِیص (qamīs)

  • → Assamese: কামিজ (kamiz)
  • → Bengali: কামিজ (kamij)
  • → Marathi: कमीज (kamīj)
  • → Nepali: कमिज (kamij), कमीज (kamīj)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਕਮੀਜ਼ (kamīz)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “قميص”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “قمیص”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قمیص”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• “قمیص”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.miːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

قمیص • (qamīs) f (Hindi spelling क़मीस)

1. Alternative form of قمیض (qamīz, “shirt, garment”)