پور

پور

See also: ثور‎, توژ‎, پوز‎, بوز‎, بور‎, and تور‎

Pashto

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian պարտ (part), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

پور • (por) m

1. loan, debt, advance

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian πορο (poro), πουρο (pouro, “son”), from Proto-Iranian *puθráh. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (puric, “lady”), also a Bactrian borrowing. Akin to Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀‎ (puθra), Parthian 𐭁𐭓𐭉‎ (BRY /puhr/). Previously considered a Parthian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /puːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /puːɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /puɾ/

Noun

Dari	پور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пур (pur)

پور • (pur)

1. son
2. (Sistani) (black) francolin, Francolinus francolinus

Synonyms

• (son): پسر‎ (pesar)
• (black francolin): دراج‎ (dorrâj)

Suffix

پور • (-pur)

1. a suffix forming surnames

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, issue 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 6

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पुर (pura).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /puːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

پُور • (pūr) m (Hindi spelling पुर)

1. town, city; village
2. fortress