پوست

See also: بؤست

Persian

آناتومی پوست انسان

Etymology

From Middle Persian pwst' (pōst, “skin, hide, shell”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎺𐎿𐎫𐎠 (pavastā). See also Sanskrit पुस्तक (pustaka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [poːst]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoːst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰoːst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰoːst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰʊːst̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuːst̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɵst̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	pōst
Dari reading?	pōst
Iranian reading?	pust
Tajik reading?	püst

Noun

Dari	پوست
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пӯст

پوست • (pust) (plural پوست‌ها)

1. skin
2. flesh
3. shell
4. peel
5. rind
6. fur

Derived terms

• سفیدپوست (sefid-pust)
• سیاه‌پوست (siyâh-pust)

Related terms

• پوسته (puste)

Descendants

• → Urdu: پوست (pōst)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian پوست (pōst, “skin; hide; rind”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /poːst̪/

Noun

پوست • (post) m (Hindi spelling पोस्त)

1. skin; hide
2. crust, bark; layer
3. shell; rind, peel

Derived terms

• پوست بَرْ پوست (pōst-bar-pōst, “layer upon layer”, adverb)
• پوست پَرَست (pōst-parast, “superficial-minded person”)
• پوست کُن (pōst-kun, “flayer”)
• پوسْتِین (pōstīn, “leather”)
• پوسْتِین دوز (pōstīn-dōz, “furrier”)
• گوشْت پوسْت (gōšt-pōst, “flesh and skin”)

References

• “پوست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پوست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “پوست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.