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Arabic
Etymology
From Persian بسَد (bosad, besad).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.sad/, /bus.sad/, /bis.sad/
Noun
بُسَد or بُسَّد or بِسَّد • (busad or bussad or bissad) m
- (obsolete) coral
- Synonym: مُرْجَان (murjān)
Declension
Declension of noun بُسَد (busad); بُسَّد (bussad); بِسَّد (bissad)
Singular
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basic singular triptote
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Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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Informal
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بُسَد; بُسَّد; بِسَّد busad; bussad; bissad
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الْبُسَد; الْبُسَّد; الْبِسَّد al-busad; al-bussad; al-bissad
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بُسَد; بُسَّد; بِسَّد busad; bussad; bissad
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Nominative
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بُسَدٌ; بُسَّدٌ; بِسَّدٌ busadun; bussadun; bissadun
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الْبُسَدُ; الْبُسَّدُ; الْبِسَّدُ al-busadu; al-bussadu; al-bissadu
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بُسَدُ; بُسَّدُ; بِسَّدُ busadu; bussadu; bissadu
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Accusative
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بُسَدًا; بُسَّدًا; بِسَّدًا busadan; bussadan; bissadan
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الْبُسَدَ; الْبُسَّدَ; الْبِسَّدَ al-busada; al-bussada; al-bissada
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بُسَدَ; بُسَّدَ; بِسَّدَ busada; bussada; bissada
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Genitive
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بُسَدٍ; بُسَّدٍ; بِسَّدٍ busadin; bussadin; bissadin
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الْبُسَدِ; الْبُسَّدِ; الْبِسَّدِ al-busadi; al-bussadi; al-bissadi
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بُسَدِ; بُسَّدِ; بِسَّدِ busadi; bussadi; bissadi
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Persian
Etymology
May be the Aramaic בֻּסְרָא (busrā) / בּוּסְרָא (busrā) / ܒܣܪܐ (*busrā, “unripe grape”), elsewhere known as Slavic бисер / biser “pearl”, with typical Persian consonant switch as in شمشار (šemšâr) → شمشاد (šemšâd, “box”). But compare بستام (bestâm, “coral”), also a known form.
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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busaḏ, bisaḏ
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Dari reading?
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busad, bisad
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Iranian reading?
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bosad, besad
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Tajik reading?
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busad, bisad
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Noun
بسد • (bosad, besad)
- (archaic) coral
- Synonym: مرجان (marjân)
Derived terms
- بسدین (bosadin, besadin, “coral-coloured, i.e. red”)
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بسد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “بسد”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 241b
- Марр, Н. (1910) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга XII. Вступительные и заключительные строфы "Витязя в барсовой коже" Шоты из Рустава [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book XII. The opening and closing stanzas of Shota Rustaveli's "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 18, connects with Old Armenian սաթ (satʻ)