پس

See also: بش, بس, and پش

Baluchi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *pHtā́.

Noun

پس • (pis)

1. father

See also

• پت (pit)
• ابا (abbá)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *pácu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páću, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu.

Noun

پس • (pas)

1. sheep

See also

• میش (meš)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭮 (ps /⁠pas⁠/, “then, afterwards, behind”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎠 (p-s-a /⁠pasā⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčáH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-(sḱ)-kʷéh₁.

Pronunciation

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Dari	پس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пас

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäs]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäs]

Readings
Classical reading?	pas
Dari reading?	pas
Iranian reading?	pas
Tajik reading?	pas

Conjunction

پس • (pas)

1. then; so; therefore

   Synonyms: بنابراین (benâbarin), بر این اساس (bar in asâs), از این رو (az in ru), به این خاطر (be in xâter), به این دلیل (be in dalil)

Derived terms

• سپس (sepas, “then, afterwards”)
• پس از (pas az, “after”)

Noun

پس • (pas)

1. (literary) back part; (with ezâfe) behind

   Antonym: پیش (piš)

Adjective

پس • (pas)

1. back; hind
2. of poor quality

Adverb

پس • (pas)

1. behind, back
2. (Dari or archaic) afterwards

Derived terms

• پس آمدن (pas âmadan, “to come back”)
• ازپس آمدن (az-pas âmadan, “to follow”)
• پس آوردن (pas âvordan, “to bring back”)
• پس افتادن (pas oftâdan, “to fall behind”)
• پس دادن (pas dâdan, “to give back”)
• پس رفتن (pas raftan, “to go back”)
• پس زدن (pas zadan, “to draw back”)
• پس گرفتن (pas gereftan, “to retrieve, to take back”)
• پس گوش انداختن (pas guš andâxtan, “to neglect”)
• پس ماندن (pas mândan, “to stay behind”)
• بازپس (bâz-pas, “behind”)
• بازپسین (bâz pasin, “last”)
• واپسین (vâpasin, “last”)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pas”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65.