فرس

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فرس¹

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *paras-, compare Ge'ez ፈረሰ (färäsä, “to demolish”), Hebrew פָּרַס (pārás, “to divide”), Aramaic פְּרַס (pᵊras, “to divide”), Akkadian 𒋻 (parāsum, “to cut off”). From the root ف ر س (f r s).

Also, from Proto-Semitic *paraš-, Aramaic פְרַשׁ (pᵊraš, “to cut off”).

Further, Arabic فَرَصَ (faraṣa, “to slit”), Hebrew פָּרַץ (pāraṣ, “to breach”), Akkadian 𒉺𒊏𒍮 (parāṣum, “to lie, to break an oath or breach trust”), Ge'ez ፈረጸ (färäṣä, “to break open”), Ugaritic 𐎔𐎗𐎕 (prṣ, “to open”), as well as Arabic فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to notch”).

Also, Arabic فَرَقَ (faraqa, “to separate”), widespread in Semitic.

Also, Arabic فَرَثَ (faraṯa, “to scatter”), Aramaic פְּרַת (pᵊraṯ, “to tear apart”)

verb فَرَسَ · farasa · يَفْرِسُ · فَرْس · فَارِس

  1. to maul, to tear up, to tatter

noun فَرْس · fars · الْفَرْس · فَرْسٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of فَرَسَ (farasa) (form I)

فرس²

Where it comes from

Cognate with Hebrew פָּרָשׁ (pārā́š, “horseman”), Classical Syriac ܦܪܫܐ (parašā, “horseman”), Ge'ez ፈረስ (färäs, “horse”).

noun فَرَس · faras · أَفْرَاس · الْفَرَس

  1. horse, mare

    Similar: حِصَان, خَيْل

فرس³

Where it comes from

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

verb فَرَّسَ · farrasa · يُفَرِّسُ · تَفْرِيس · مُفَرِّس

  1. to persianize/persify

noun فُرْس · furs · فَارِسِيّ · الْفُرْس

  1. collective Persians

In English

  • knight chess piece
  • mare female horse
  • horse members of the species ''Equus ferus''

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فرس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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