پر

پر

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

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• پیر‎ (pır)

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

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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 (pər^əna), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (compare Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Italian pieno, Welsh llawn, English full).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /puɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /pʊɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /poɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /puɾ/

Adjective

Dari	پر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пур (pur)

پر • (por)

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

Derived terms

• پری‎ (pori)
• پر کردن‎ (por kardan)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parnám, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing”), from *perH- (“to fly”).Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀‎ (par^əna, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather”), Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “wing, feather”), Albanian fier (“fern”), English fern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæɾ/, [pʰæɾ]

Noun

Dari	پر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пар (par)

پر • (par)

1. feather
2. wing
3. leaf

Derived terms

• پر زدن‎ (par zadan)
• پر کشیدن‎ (par kešidan)
• پره‎ (parre)
• پرپر‎ (par-par)

Verb

پر • (par)

1. present stem form of پریدن‎

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Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəɾ/

Etymology 1

From Persian پر‎ (par).

Noun

پر • (par) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)

1. wing

Etymology 2

From Persian پار‎ (pâr).

Adjective

پر • (par) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)

1. last, past
2. next

Derived terms

• پر سال‎ (par-sāl)

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit परम् (param).

Conjunction

پر • (par) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)

1. but

Synonyms

• (but): لیکن‎ (lekin), مگر‎ (magar)

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Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pəɾ/

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

• پہ‎ (pe)

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

• مگر‎ (magar)
• لیکن‎ (lekin)

Etymology 3

From Persian پر‎ (par).

Noun

پَر • (par) m (Hindi spelling पर)

1. feather
2. wing
3. quill

Synonyms

• پنکھ‎ (paṅkh)

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 (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.