پسر

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See also: تشر, تسر, بسر, and بشر

Persian

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یک پدر و پسرش
A father and his son

Etymology

From Middle Persian (BREl) / (pwsl /⁠pusar⁠/, son), formed from 𐭡𐭥𐭤 (pus , son) on the model of kinship term pairs such as (AH), (blʾtl' /⁠brādar⁠/). The Middle Persian is in turn from Old Persian 𐎱𐎢𐏂 (p-u-ç /⁠puça⁠/). Cognate of Sanskrit पुत्र (putra).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? pusar, pisar
Dari reading? pusar, pisar
Iranian reading? pesar
Tajik reading? pisar
  • (dialectal, Isfahani) IPA(key): /peˈseɾ/
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari پسر
Iranian Persian
Tajik писар

پسر (pesar) (plural پسران (pesarân) or پسرها (pesar-hâ))

  1. son
  2. boy

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پسر (pusar, pisar). Cognate of Sanskrit पुत्र (putra).

Pronunciation

Noun

پِسَر (pisarm (Hindi spelling पिसर)

  1. son
    Synonym: بیٹا (beṭā)
  2. boy
    Synonym: لڑکا (laṛkā)

References

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