پور

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Pashto

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Etymology

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

Noun

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پور (porm

  1. loan, debt, advance

Persian

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Etymology

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? pūr
Dari reading? pūr
Iranian reading? pur
Tajik reading? pur

Noun

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Dari پور
Iranian Persian
Tajik пур

پور (pur)

  1. son

Noun

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پور (pur)

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

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies[1] (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 6

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit पुर (pura).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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پُور (pūrm (Hindi spelling पुर)

  1. town, city; village
  2. fortress