آرامش

Persian

Etymology

From آرام (ârâm) +‎ ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾɑː.ˈmiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾɑː.mɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾɑː.mɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾɑː.mɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɾɔː.míʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɹɒː.méʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɾɔ.míʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ārāmiš
Dari reading?	ārāmiš
Iranian reading?	ârâmeš
Tajik reading?	oromiš

Noun

Dari	آرامش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	оромиш

آرامش • (ârâmeš)

1. quietness; calmness; tranquility; peace, peace and quiet

   Synonyms: راحتی (râhati), استراحت (esterâhat), آرام (ârâm), راحت (râhat)

   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Siyāwash”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     نخست آفرین کرد بر کردگار
     خداوند آرامش و کارزار

     naxust āfarīn kard bar kardgār
     xudāwand-i ārāmiš u kārzār

     He made his first praises to the Creator,
     The Lord [both] of calm and of the battlefield.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

   • c. 1720, 'Abd al-Qādir Bēdil, “Ghazal 1808”, in دیوان بیدل [The Divān of Bēdil]‎^[2]:

     مریض شوق بیدل هرگز آسودن نمی‌خواهد
     که ‌همچون نبض موج آخر کفن می‌گردد آرامش

     marīz-i šawq-i bēdil hargiz āsūdan na-mē-xwāhad
     ki hamčūn nabz-i mawj āxar kafan mē-gardad ārāmiš

     Those sick with love-yearning which takes their heart away never want to rest;
     Like the pulse of the wave, the shroud finally becomes their repose.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آرامش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آرامش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim