پر

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See also: پز, بز, تز, ثر, بر, بژ, and تر

Khalaj

Noun

پَر (pər) (definite accusative پَری, plural پَرلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of pər (feather)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Noun

پر (pır)

  1. an unidentified noise, a whirr

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “pır”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 317a

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (/⁠purr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥Hnáh (compare Northern Kurdish pirr, پڕ (pirr)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hnás (compare Old Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (pərəna), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (compare Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Italian pieno, Welsh llawn, English full).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? pur
Dari reading? pur
Iranian reading? por
Tajik reading? pur

Adjective

Dari پر
Iranian Persian
Tajik пур

پر (por)

  1. full
  2. loaded, laden
  3. fraught, rife
  4. ample
  5. populous
  6. topfull
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parnám, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (feather, wing), from *perH- (to fly). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna, feather), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, feather), Lithuanian spar̃nas (wing), Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, wing, feather), Albanian fier (fern), English fern.

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari پر
Iranian Persian
Tajik пар

پر (par)

  1. feather
  2. wing
  3. leaf
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Khalaj: pər

Etymology 3

Verb

پر (par)

  1. present stem form of پریدن

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian پر (par).

Noun

پر (parm (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)

  1. wing

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian پار (pār).

Adjective

پر (par) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)

  1. last, past
  2. next
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit परम् (param).

Conjunction

پر (par) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)

  1. but
Synonyms

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀭𑀺 (pari), 𑀉𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀭𑀺 (uppari), from Sanskrit उपरि (upari, above).

Postposition

پَر (par) (Hindi spelling पर)

  1. on
  2. at
  3. Additional meanings as a compound postposition
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀭𑀁 (paraṃ), from Sanskrit परम् (param, after, but), oblique of पर (para, distant, further).

Conjunction

پَر (par) (Hindi spelling पर)

  1. but
  2. still
  3. yet
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian پر (par).

Noun

پَر (parm (Hindi spelling पर)

  1. feather
  2. wing
  3. quill
Synonyms

Etymology 4

From Sanskrit पर (para).

Adjective

پَر (par) (Hindi spelling पर)

  1. distant
  2. remote
  3. longest
  4. ancient
  5. opposite

References

  • پر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • پر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.