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Pashto
Etymology
Akin to Old Armenian պարտ (part), an Iranian borrowing.
Noun
پور • (por) m
- loan, debt, advance
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Bactrian πορο (poro), πουρο (pouro, “son”), from Proto-Iranian *puθráh. Compare Sogdian (puric, “lady”), also a Bactrian borrowing. Akin to Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puθra), Parthian 𐭁𐭓𐭉 (BRY /puhr/). Previously considered a Parthian borrowing.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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pūr
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| Dari reading?
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pūr
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| Iranian reading?
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pur
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| Tajik reading?
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pur
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Noun
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پور
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пур
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پور • (pur)
- son
Noun
پور • (pur)
- (Sistani) (black) francolin, Francolinus francolinus
Synonyms
- (son): پسر (pesar)
- (black francolin): دراج (dorrâj)
Further reading
- Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 6
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit पुर (pura).
Pronunciation
Noun
پُور • (pūr) m (Hindi spelling पुर)
- town, city; village
- fortress