Etymology

From Middle Persian wls ‎(wars, “hair”), from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Sanskrit वल्श ‎(válśa, “twig, sprout”) and Proto-Slavic *volsъ ‎(“hair”). Akin to Old Armenian վարս ‎(vars) and վարշամակ ‎(varšamak), Iranian borrowings.