پاس

See also: تاس, باش, تاش, بأس, بَاس, and باس

Kashmiri

Perso-Arabic	پاس (pās)
Devanagari	पास (pās)
Sharada	𑆥𑆳𑆱 (pāsa)

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva).

Noun

پاس • (pās) m

1. a side

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian پاس (pās).

Noun

پاس • (pās) m

1. consideration, thoughtfulness
2. sake

   خۄدایہِ سٕنٛدِ پاسہٕ ― khọdāyhi sụndi pāsụ ― for God's sake

3. mercy, pity

Etymology 3

From English pass.

Noun

پاس • (pās) m

1. a pass (document to grant permission)

Etymology 4

From English pass.

Noun

پاس • (pās) m

1. success in an exam

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pʾs /⁠pās⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *páHθrah, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tro-, from *peh₂- (“to protect”); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔs]

Readings
Classical reading?	pās
Dari reading?	pās
Iranian reading?	pâs
Tajik reading?	pos

Noun

پاس • (pâs)

1. guard, watch

   Synonym: پهره (pahre)

2. watch of the night
   • 1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 15:

     پاسی از شب بگذشت.

     pasē az šab biguḏašt.

     A portion of the night passed.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

3. (chiefly as به پاس) consideration, considering

   به پاس خدمات شما ― be pâs-e xedmât-e šomâ ― in consideration of your service

Derived terms

• پاس دادن (pâs dâdan)
• پاسبان (pâsbân)
• پاسدار (pâsdâr)
• پاسداشت (pâsdâšt)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pass.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːs]

Readings
Iranian reading?	pâs

Noun

پاس • (pâs)

1. pass, passing

Derived terms

• پاس کردن (pâs kardan, “to pass”)