بسیار

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See also: تسيار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (wsy(k)ʾl /⁠wasyār⁠/, much, many).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bisyār
Dari reading? bisyār
Iranian reading? besyâr
Tajik reading? bisyor

Adjective

Dari بسیار
Iranian Persian خیلی
Tajik бисёр

بسیار (besyâr) (comparative بسیارتَر (besyâr-tar), superlative بسیارتَرین (besyâr-tarin))

  1. many

Usage notes

The comparative and superlative forms بسیارتر (besyâr-tar) and بسیارترین (besyâr-tarin) are somewhat colloquial. More common alternatives are بیشتر (bištar) and بیشترین (bištarin).

Adverb

بسیار (besyâr)

  1. very
    Synonym: خیلی (xeyli)

Related terms

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “wasyār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 88

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بسیار (bisyâr, much, many, very), from Middle Persian (wsy(k)ʾl /⁠wasyār⁠/, much, many).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بسیار (bisyār) (Hindi spelling बिसयार)

  1. abundant, in plenty
  2. much, many
  3. very

Derived terms