گیس
Persian
Alternative forms
- گیسو (gisu)
Etymology
From Middle Persian gys (gēs, “curl, locks”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian gyswg (gēsūg). Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing.
Noun
گیس • (gis) (plural گیسها (gis-hâ))
Synonyms
- مو (mu)
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
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