پر

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

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian purr, from Proto-Iranian *pr̥Hnáh (compare Kurdish, ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hnás (compare Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa), Hindi पूरा (pūrā)), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (compare Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Italian pieno, Welsh llawn, English full).

Adjective

Dari	پر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пур

پر • (por)

1. full

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

پر • (par)

1. feather
2. wing
3. leaf

Derived terms

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

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Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pər/

Etymology 1

From Persian پر (par).

Noun

1. wing

Etymology 2

From Persian پار (pâr).

Adjective

1. last, past
2. next

Derived terms

• پر سال (par-sāl)

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit परम् (param).

Conjunction

1. but

Synonyms

• (but): لیکن (lekin), مگر (magar)

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit उपरि (upari).

Postposition

پر • (par) (Hindi spelling पर)

1. on
2. at
3. Additional meanings as a compound postposition

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit परम् (param).

Conjunction

پر • (par) (Hindi spelling पर)

1. but
2. still
3. yet

Synonyms

• مگر (magar), لیکن (lekin)

Etymology 3

From Persian پر (par).

Noun

پر • (par) m (Hindi spelling पर)

1. feather
2. wing
3. quill

Synonyms

• پنکھ (pãṅkh)

Etymology 4

From Sanskrit पर (para).

Adjective

پر • (par) (Hindi spelling पर)

1. distant
2. remote
3. longest
4. ancient
5. opposite