نرگس

Persian

نرگس

Etymology

From Middle Persian nlgs (nargis), from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [næɾˈɡʲes]

Noun

Dari Persian	نرگس‎
Iranian Persian	نرگس‎
Tajiki Persian	наргис (nargis)

نرگس • (narges) (plural نرگس‌ها‎ (narges-hâ))

narcissus
- 1003-1077, Nasir Khusraw, Safarnama
  چون از آن جا گذشتیم، به صحرایی رسیدیم که همه نرگس بود شکفته، چنان که تمامتِ آن صحرا سپید می‌نمود از بسیاریِ نرگس‌ها.‎
  
  When we passed from that place, we arrived at the field where all the narcissi were cheerful so that the entire field appeared white from the multitude of narcissi.

Derived terms

نرگس شهلا‎

Descendants

Arabic: نرجس‎ (narjis)
Bashkir: нәркәс (närkäs)
Ottoman Turkish: نرگس‎ (nergis), نرجس‎ (nercis)
Persian: نرجس‎ (narjes)
Turkish: nergis

Proper noun

نرگس • (narges)

A female given name, Narges, Nargess or Nargis.

Descendants

Bashkir: Нәркәс (Närkäs)

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