پدر

See also: بذر, تذر, بدر, and تدر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پدر.

Noun

پدر • (peder)

1. father

   Synonyms: بابا (baba), والد (vâlid)

Derived terms

• پدری (pederî, “paternal; paternity”)

Related terms

• مادر (mader)

Descendants

• Turkish: peder

Persian

Alternative forms

• پیر (piyar) (dialectal, Herati)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭓‎𐭐𐭃 (pidar), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (pitā), from Proto-Iranian *pHtā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́ (compare Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), Hindi पिता (pitā), बाप (bāp)), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈdar/, /pi.ˈdar/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.d̪áɾ], [pʰɪ.d̪áɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.d̪áɾ], [pʰɪ.d̪áɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.d̪áɾ], [pʰɪ.d̪áɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.d̪áɾ], [pʰi.d̪áɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰe.d̪ǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.d̪áɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	padár, pidár
Dari reading?	padar, pidar
Iranian reading?	pedar
Tajik reading?	padar

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -ar
• (dialectal, Isfahan) IPA^(key): /peˈdeɾ/

Noun

Dari	پدر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	падар

پِدَر • (pedar) (plural پدران (pedarân), or پدرها (pedar-hâ))

1. father

   Synonyms: بابا (bâbâ), بو (bow), اتا (ata), باب (bâb)

Derived terms

• بر پدر کسی لعنت (bar pedar-e kasi la'nat)
• بی‌پدر (bi-pedar)
• بی‌پدرمادر (bi-pedar-mâdar)
• روزِ پدر (ruz-e-pedar)
• مادرپدر (mâdar-pedar)
• ناپدری (nâpedari)
• پدرآمرزیده (pedar-âmorzide)
• پدرانه (pedarâne)
• پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg)
• پدرجَد (pedar-jadd)
• پدرخوانده (pedar-xânde)
• پدرزن (pedar-zan)
• پدرسالار (pedar-sâlâr)
• پدرسوخته (pedar-suxte)
• پدرسگ (pedar-sag)
• پدرشوهر (pedar-šowhar)
• پدرمادردار (pedar-mâdar-dâr)
• پدروار (pedarvâr)
• پدرِ روحانی (pedar-e-rowhâni)
• پدرِ زیستی (pedar-e-zisti)
• پدرِ کسی را درآوردن (pedar-e kasi râ dar-âvardan)
• پدرکُشتگی (pedar-koštegi)
• پدرکُشی (pedar-koši)
• پدری (pedari)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: पिदर (pidar)

  Urdu: پدر (pidar)

• → Ottoman Turkish: پدر
  • Turkish: peder
• → Turkmen: peder

See also

Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms

Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms واژگان لهجه‌های فارسی ایرانی برای خویشاوندان نسبی vâžegân-e lahja-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabi
Family member	Standard Iranian Persian	Tehrani dialect	Abadani dialect	Kashani dialect	Shirazi dialect
mother	مادر (mâdar)	مامان (mâmân)	ننه (nene)		مامو (mâmo)
grandmother	مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg)	مامان‌بزرگ (mâmân-bozorg)	بی‌بی (bi-bi)	ماجون (mâjun)	بی‌بی (bi-bi)
father	پدر (pedar)	بابا (bâbâ)	دده (dede)	بابا (bâbâ)	بابو (bâbo)
grandfather	پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg)	بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg)			بو‌بزرگ (bovobozorg) آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg)
sister	خواهر (xâhar)	آبجی (âbji)	دده (dade)	—	آباجی (âbâji)
older sister	خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg)	آق‌‌باجی (âġ-bâji)	—	باجی (bâji)	شاباجی (šâbâji)
brother	برادر (barâdar)	داداش (dâdâš)	کا (kâ)	وردار (vardâr)	کاکو (kâko) داچی (dâčči) (younger brother)
older brother	برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg)	—			آکاکو (âkâko)
maternal aunt (mother's sister)	خاله (xâle)
maternal uncle (mother's brother)	دایی (dâyi)		خالو (xâlu)	—	دئی (do'i) خان‌دوی (xân-doy) (more respectful)
paternal aunt (father's sister)	عمه (amme)
paternal uncle (father's brother)	عمو (amu)		آمو, عامو (âmu)	—	آمو, عامو (âmu)

1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (bozorg) and کلان (kalân) are correct, but the former is more common in Iran.

Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms

Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms واژگان لهجه‌های فارسی دری برای خویشاوندان نسبی wāžagān-i lahja-hā-yi fārsī-yi darī barā-yi xēšāwandān-i nasabī
Family member	Standard Dari	Kabuli dialect	Hazaragi dialect	Herati dialect	Qandahari dialect
mother	مادر (mādar)	ننه (nana)	آبه (āba)	ننه (nana)	آیه (āya)
grandmother	مادرکلان (mādar-kalān)	بی‌بی (bī-bī)	آجه (āja) بی‌بی (bī-bī)	بی‌بی (bī-bī)	آنه (āna)
father	پدر (padar)	بابا (bābā)	آته (āta)	پیر (piyar) بابا (bābā)
grandfather	پدرکلان (padar-kalān)	باباجی (bābājī) آغا (āġā)	بابا (bābā)	بابو (bābū)
sister	خواهر (xāhar)	خوار (xwār, xār)
older sister	خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān)		آغا (āġā) باجی (bājī)		دده (dada)
brother	برادر (barādar)	بیادر (biyādar)	برار (birār)
older brother	برادرکلان (barādar-kalān)	لالا (lālā)
maternal aunt (mother's sister)	خاله (xāla)
maternal uncle (mother's brother)	ماما (māmā)		ماما (māmā) تغایی (taġāyī)	ماما (māmā)
paternal aunt (father's sister)	عمه (amma)
paternal uncle (father's brother)	کاکا (kākā)

1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
2. In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be optionally shortened to ـه (-a), e.g. بابا (bābā) > بابه (bāba).
3. In many dialects, terms ending in ـه (-a) or ـا (-ā) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added (unrelated to ezafe), e.g. عمه (amma) > عمی (ammay).

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پدر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “پدر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پدر (pidar), from Middle Persian 𐭓‎𐭐𐭃 (pidar), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎡𐎫𐎠 (pitā), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of پتا (pitā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɪ.d̪əɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

پدر • (pidar) m (Hindi spelling पिदर)

1. father

   Synonym: باپ (bāp)

Related terms

• پدری (pidarī)

See also

• پتر (pitṛ)