ابریشم

Persian

Alternative forms

بریشم‎ (barišam) (poetic, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp̄lyšwm,ʾp̄lyš(w)m /abrēšom/, “silk”). Compare Old Armenian loanword ապրիշում (aprišum, “silk”).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔæbɾiːˈʃæm]

Noun

Dari Persian	ابریشم‎
Iranian Persian	ابریشم‎
Tajiki Persian	абрешим (abrešim)

ابریشم • (abrišam, abrišom)

silk

Derived terms

ابریشم‌بافی‎ (abrišam-bâfi)
ابریشمی‎ (abrišami)
ابریشمین‎ (abrišamin)
راه ابریشم‎ (râh-e abrišam)
کرم ابریشم‎ (kerm-e abrišam)

Descendants

→ Arabic: أبريسم‎ (ʾabrīsam, ʾabrīsim), إبريسم‎ (ʾibrīsam, ʾibrīsim)
→ Georgian: აბრეშუმი (abrešumi)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: रेशम (rešam)
- Urdu: ریشم‎ (rešam)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “abrēšom”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 4

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