اسپریس

Persian

an illustration of a horserace in Iran at an اسپریس (asprês~isparês, "racecourse, hippodrome") with Nassereddin Shah present, 18th century

Alternative forms

  • اسپریز (esparêz)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾsplys (a/əsp(a)rēs).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäsp.ɾes~ɪs.pʰäɾes]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäsp.ɾes~ɪs.pʰäɾes]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäsp.ɾes~is.pʰäɾes]

Readings
Classical reading? aspres~ispares
Dari reading? aspres~ispares
Iranian reading? aspres~espares
Tajik reading? aspres~ispares

Noun

Dari اسپریس
Iranian Persian
Tajik аспрес

اسپریس • (asprês, esparês) (plural اسپریس‌ها (asprês, esparês-hâ))

  1. racecourse, hippodrome
  2. (archaic) battlefield

Synonyms

  • میدان اسب‌دوانی (meydân-e asb-davâni)
  • کرند (korand)
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