عکاس

See also: عكاس

Persian

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabic formation from عَکْس ('aks, “photo”), from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks, “reflection, opposite”), using the Arabic pattern فَعّال (faʕʕāl) which creates words for habitual actions and professions. Compare کَفّاش (kaffâš, “cobbler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔak.ˈkɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɑ́ːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɑ́ːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɑ́ːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɔ́ːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔækʲ.kʰɒ́ːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.kʰɔ́s]

Readings
Classical reading?	akkās
Dari reading?	akkās
Iranian reading?	akkâs
Tajik reading?	akkos

Noun

Dari	عکاس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аккос

عَکّاس • ('akkâs)

1. photographer

Derived terms

• عَکّاسی ('akkâsi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əkkas

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عکاس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim