کرفس

See also: كرفس

Persian

کرفس

Alternative forms

• کرسب (karasb, karsab), کرسف (karsaf), کرسپ (karasp)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (karafs /⁠klps⁠/, “celery”). Akin to Transoxianan Persian obsolete کرویز (karaviz), Central Kurdish کەرەوز (kerewz), Classical Syriac ܟܪܦܣܐ (kerpəsā), Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈɾafs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾǽfs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾǽfs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾǽfs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾǽfs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.ɹǽfs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾǽfs]

Readings
Classical reading?	karafs
Dari reading?	karafs
Iranian reading?	karafs
Tajik reading?	karafs

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	کرفس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	карафс

کرفس • (karafs) (plural کرفس‌ها (karafs-hâ))

1. celery

Descendants

• → Arabic: كَرَفْس (karafs)
• → Azerbaijani: kərəviz
• → Middle Armenian: կարոս (karos), կարաւս (karaws), կարօս (karōs), կարուս (karus), քարոս (kʻaros), քարաւս (kʻaraws), քարաւիս (kʻarawis), քարաւուզ (kʻarawuz), քրեւս (kʻrews), քրեֆս (kʻrefs), քրէֆս (kʻrēfs), քերեւս (kʻerews), քէրէֆս (kʻērēfs), քարսոն (kʻarson), կարսոն (karson)
• → Northern Kurdish: kerefs
• → Ottoman Turkish: كرویز (kereviz, kerviz)
  • Turkish: kereviz
  • → Armenian: քերեվիզ (kʻereviz)
  • → Bulgarian: кереви́з (kerevíz), керви́з (kervíz)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کرفس”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “karafs”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 49
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 559b
• کرفس on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa