پسر

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See also: تشر, تسر, بسر, and بشر

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یک پدر و پسرش
A father and his son

Alternative forms

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.