پهلو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پهلو (pahlû, side, flank).

Noun

پهلو • (pehlu)

  1. side, flank, the flesh between the last rib and the hip
    Synonym: بوگور (böğür)
  2. (military) flank, the extreme left or right edge of an army

Derived terms

  • پهلو به پهلو (pehlu be pehlu, side by side)

Descendants

  • Turkish: pehlu

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (pʾhlwk' /⁠pahlūg⁠/), from Old Persian *parθukah, suffixed from Proto-Iranian *párcuš (rib).[1] Compare Northern Kurdish parsû (side), Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, rib), Russian пе́рси (pérsi, bosom).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pahlū
Dari reading? pahlū
Iranian reading? pahlu
Tajik reading? pahlu

Noun

پهلو • (pahlu)

  1. side; flank (of the body)
    Synonyms: کنار (kenâr), بغل (baġal)
  2. side; beside
    Synonyms: کنار (kenâr), جنب (janb)
  3. (military) flank (of an army)
  4. (geometry) side
    Synonym: ضلع (zel')
Derived terms
  • پهلو به پهلو (pahlu be pahlu, side by side)
  • پهلو زدن (pahlu zadan, to emulate; to vie)
Descendants
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: पहलू (pahlū), पहल (pahal)
    Urdu: پہلو (pahlū), پہل (pahal)
  • Ottoman Turkish: پهلو (pehlû)
    • Turkish: pehlu

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠pahlaw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (p-r-θ-v /⁠parθavaʰ⁠/, Parthian); see there for more.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pahlaw
Dari reading? pahlaw
Iranian reading? pahlow
Tajik reading? pahlav

Noun

پهلو • (pahlow)

  1. obsolete form of پهلوان (pahlavân, hero, champion)

References

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 198