فیروزه

See also: فیروزہ

Azerbaijani

Noun

فیروزه

1. Arabic spelling of firuzə

Persian

فیروزه

Alternative forms

• پیروزه (pērōza) (archaic)

Etymology

Arabized pronunciation of Early Classical Persian پیروزه (pērōza), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, “victorious”). Note the Middle Iranian borrowings: Aramaic פרוזג (pīrūzag), Classical Syriac ܦܝܪܘܙܓ (pīrūzag), Arabic فِيرُوزَج (fīrūzaj), فَيْرُوزَج (fayrūzaj).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [peː.ɾoː.za], [feː.ɾoː.za], [fiː.ɾoː.za]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fiː.ɾoː.zä], [feː.ɾoː.zä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fiː.ɾoː.zä], [feː.ɾoː.zä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fiː.ɾoː.zä], [feː.ɾoː.zä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fʊː.ɾʊː.zä], [feː.ɾʊː.zä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fiː.ɹuː.ze]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fi.ɾɵ.zä]

Readings
Classical reading?	pērōza, fērōza, fīrōza
Dari reading?	fīrōza, fērōza
Iranian reading?	firuze
Tajik reading?	firüza

Noun

Dari	فیروزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фирӯза

فیروزِه or فیروزَه • (firuze or fêrôza) (plural فیروزه‌ها (firuze-hâ))

1. turquoise

Derived terms

• فیروزه‌ای (firuze-'i)

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَيْرُوز (fayrūz)
• → Azerbaijani: firuzə
• → Bashkir: фирүзә (firüzə)
• → Belarusian: біруза́ (biruzá) (via Turkic)
• → Bengali: ফিরোজা (firoza)
• → Chagatai: فیروزه
  • Uzbek: feruza, firuza
• → Georgian: ფირუზი (piruzi)
• → Gujarati: પીરોજ (pīroj)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़ीरोज़ा (fīrozā)

  Urdu: فِیروزَہ (fīroza, fīrūza)

• → Indonesian: pirus
• → Middle Armenian: փերուզայ (pʻeruzay), փերուժա (pʻeruža), փիրուզա (pʻiruza)
  • Armenian: փիրուզ (pʻiruz), փիրուզա (pʻiruza), փերուզա (pʻeruza), փերուզակ (pʻeruzak); փիրուզայ (pʻiruzay), փերուզայ (pʻeruzay), փէրուզայ (pʻēruzay)
• → Old Marathi: पेरुज (peruja), पेरोज (peroja)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پیروزه (piruze), فیروزه (firuze)
  • Turkish: firuze
  • → Greek: περουζές (perouzés)
  • → Romanian: peruzea
• → Punjabi:
  • Shahmukhi script: فِیروزَہ (fīrozah)
  • Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ੀਰੋਜ਼ਾ (fīrozā)
• → Russian: бирюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)
• → Swahili: feruzi
• → Tatar: фирүзә (firüzä)
• → Turkmen: firuza
• → Ukrainian: бірюза́ (birjuzá) (via Turkic)

Proper noun

Dari	فیروزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Фирӯза

فیروزه • (firuze)

1. a female given name, Firuzeh, Firoozeh, Feroza, Firouzeh, or Firoza

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փերուզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 500a
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 233
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 354, pages 78–79
• Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 49