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. Doublet of پهره (pahre).

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

   Synonyms: پهره (pahre), کشک (kešek), قراولی (qarâvoli), پاسبانی (pâsbâni), نگهبانی (negahbâni)

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)

Related terms

• پاسارگاد (pâsârgâd)

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”)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲 (passa), 𑀧𑀸𑀲 (pāsa), from Sanskrit पार्श्वे (pārśve, “near”, ins. sg.). Cognate with Marathi पासून (pāsūn), Gujarati પાસે (pāse).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑːs/

Adverb

پاس • (pās) (Hindi spelling पास)

1. near, nearby

Noun

پاس • (pās) m (Hindi spelling पास)

1. nearby

Derived terms

• آس پاس (ās pās, “nearby”, adv.)

References

• “پاس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.