بسیار

See also: تسيار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wsy(k)ʾl /⁠wasyār⁠/, “much, many”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bis.jɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪs.jɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪs.jɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪs.jɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bis.jɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bes.jɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bis.jɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bisyār
Dari reading?	bisyār
Iranian reading?	besyâr
Tajik reading?	bisyor

Adjective

Dari	بسیار
Iranian Persian	خیلی
Tajik	бисёр

بسیار • (besyâr) (comparative بسیارتَر (besyâr-tar), superlative بسیارتَرین (besyâr-tarin))

1. many

Usage notes

The comparative and superlative forms بسیارتر (besyâr-tar) and بسیارترین (besyâr-tarin) are somewhat colloquial. More common alternatives are بیشتر (bištar) and بیشترین (bištarin).

Adverb

بسیار • (besyâr)

1. very

   Synonym: خیلی (xeyli)

Related terms

• بسیار خوب
• بسیارخوب

 

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wasyār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 88

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بسیار (bisyâr, “much, many, very”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (wsy(k)ʾl /⁠wasyār⁠/, “much, many”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪs.jɑːɾ/

Adjective

بسیار • (bisyār) (Hindi spelling बिसयार)

1. abundant, in plenty
2. much, many
3. very

Derived terms

• بِسْیاری (bisyārī, “many, plenty”)
• بِسْیار گو (bisyār-go, “talkative, prolific poet”)
• بِسْیار خور (bisyār-xōr, “gluttonous, gourmand”)
• بِسْیار نَوِیس (bisyār-navīs, “prolific writer”)