پور

See also: ثور, توژ, پوز, بوز, بور, and تور

Pashto

Etymology

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

Noun

پور • (por) m

  1. loan, debt, advance

Persian

Etymology

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
 

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

Noun
Dari پور
Iranian Persian
Tajik пур

پور • (pur)

  1. son

Noun

پور • (pur)

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

Synonyms

Suffix

پور • (-pur)

  1. a suffix forming surnames

Prefix

پور • (pur-)

  1. a prefix forming surnames

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

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पुर (pura).

Pronunciation

Noun

پُور • (pūr) m (Hindi spelling पुर)

  1. town, city; village
  2. fortress
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