پراپر

Persian

Etymology

From پر (por, “full”) +‎ ـا (-â-) +‎ پر (por, “full”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pu.ɾɑː.ˈpuɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰʊ.ɾɑː.pʰʊ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰʊ.ɾɑː.pʰʊ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰʊ.ɾɑː.pʰʊ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰu.ɾɔː.pʰúɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰo.ɹɒː.pʰóɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰu.ɾɔ.pʰúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	purāpur
Dari reading?	purāpur
Iranian reading?	porâpor
Tajik reading?	puropur

Adjective

پراپر • (porâpor)

1. filled to the brim

   Synonym: لبالب (labâlab)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 96:

     ز آه و ناله تا کی پیش مردم بد کنم خود را
     پراپر ده قدح ساقی که تا بیخود کنم خود را

     zi āh u nāla tā kay pēš-i mardum bad kunam xwad rā
     purāpur dih qadah sāqī ki tā bēxwad kunam xwad rā

     How long shall I sully myself with sighs and moans in front of others?
     Wine-pourer, give me a cup filled to the brim to make me unaware of myself!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پراپر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim