پرسیاوشان

Persian

Alternative forms

پرشیاوشان (paršeyâvošân, paršeyâvašân, paršeyâvešân), پرسیاووشان (parseyâvušân), پرسیاوش (parseyâvoš, parseyâvaš), پرسیاووش (parseyâvuš)
پر سیاوشان, پر شیاوشان, پر سیاووشان, پر سیاوش, پر سیاووش (with ezafe vowel)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian *par-⁠i siyāwaxš⁠ān equivalent to Neo-Persian (par, “feather”) + a by-form of (siyāwuš) unattested in isolation, likening the plant to the mythological character’s crested helmet, in a cultural contrast to the Western ideas that conceived it as “maidenhair fern”. In the S͟ẖahnāme then the term was reinforced as the legendary prince falls into the hands of (afrāsiyāb) and then where his blood was spilled this plant grew, beyond (xūn-i siyāwušān, “dragon's blood, Dracaena cinnabari”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [paɾ.si.jɑː.wu.ʃɑːn], [paɾ.si.jɑː.wa.ʃɑːn], [paɾ.si.jɑː.wi.ʃɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.si.jɑː.wʊ.ʃɑːn], [pʰäɾ.si.jɑː.wä.ʃɑːn], [pʰäɾ.si.jɑː.wɪ.ʃɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.si.jɑː.wʊ.ʃɑːn], [pʰäɾ.si.jɑː.wä.ʃɑːn], [pʰäɾ.si.jɑː.wɪ.ʃɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.si.jɔː.wu.ʃɔːn], [pʰäɾ.si.jɔː.wä.ʃɔːn], [pʰäɾ.si.jɔː.wi.ʃɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɹ.si.jɒː.vo.ʃɒːn], [pʰæɹ.si.jɒː.væ.ʃɒːn], [pʰæɹ.si.jɒː.ve.ʃɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.si.jɔ.vu.ʃɔn], [pʰäɾ.si.jɔ.vä.ʃɔn], [pʰäɾ.si.jɔ.vi.ʃɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	parsiyāwušān, parsiyāwašān, parsiyāwišān
Dari reading^?	parsiyāwušān, parsiyāwašān, parsiyāwišān
Iranian reading^?	parsiyâvošân, parsiyâvašân, parsiyâvešân
Tajik reading^?	parsiyovušon, parsiyovašon, parsiyovišon

Noun

پرسیاوشان • (parseyâvošân, parseyâvašân, parseyâvešân)

maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris)

Descendants

→ Arabic: بَرْسِيَاوَشَان (barsiyāwašān), بَرْشِيَاوَشَان (baršiyāwašān), بَرْسَاوَشَان (barsāwašān), بَرْشَاوَشَان (baršāwašān)