اسپریس

Persian

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

Alternative forms

• اسپریز (esparêz)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔasp.ɾes], [ʔis.paɾes]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäsp.ɾes], [ʔɪs.pʰäɾes]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäsp.ɾes], [ʔɪs.pʰäɾes]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäsp.ɾes], [ʔɪs.pʰäɾes]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäsp.ɾes], [ʔis.pʰäɾes]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæsp.ɹes], [ʔes.pʰæɹes]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäsp.ɾes], [ʔis.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)