اسد

See also: أسد and أشد

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).

Noun

اسد (äsäd)

1. lion

Descendants

• Uyghur: ئەسەت (eset)
• Uzbek: asad

Proper noun

اسد (äsäd)

1. (astronomy) Leo

Descendants

• Uyghur: ئەسەت (eset)
• Uzbek: Asad

Further reading

• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “اسد”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 424

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad, “lion”).

Noun

اسد • (esed)

1. lion, any large felid of the species Panthera leo

   Synonyms: آرسلان (arslan), شیر (şir), غضنفر (gazanfer), هزبر (hizebr)

2. (figuratively) lion, a strong, brave and valiant man

Proper noun

اسد • (Esed)

1. (astronomy) Leo, a constellation of the Zodiac
2. (astrology) Leo, the zodiac sign for the Lion

Derived terms

• اسدی (esedi, “leonine”)
• اسدیه (esediye, “panther”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: esed

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “esed”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1480
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “esed”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 277
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 88
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Leo”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 934
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اسد”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 211
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 108

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).

Noun

اَسَد • (asád) m

1. lion

Proper noun

اَسَد • (asád) m

1. (astronomy) Leo

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈsað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sǽd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	asaḏ
Dari reading?	asad
Iranian reading?	asad
Tajik reading?	asad

Proper noun

Dari	اسد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Асад

اسد • (asad)

1. (astronomy) Leo

   Synonym: شیر

Noun

Dari	اسد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	асад

اسد • (asad)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of شیر (“lion”)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).

Noun

اَسَد • (asad) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਸਦ)

1. lion

Proper noun

اَسَد • (asad) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਸਦ)

1. (astronomy) Leo

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اسَد”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).

Noun

اَسَدُ • (asadu) m (Devanagari असदु)

1. lion

Proper noun

اَسَدُ • (asadu) m (Devanagari असदु)

1. (astronomy) Leo

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “اَسَدُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• “اسد”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.səd̪/
• Rhymes: -əd̪

Noun

اَسَد • (asad) m (Hindi spelling असद)

1. lion

Proper noun

اَسَد • (asad) m (Hindi spelling असद)

1. (astronomy) Leo

References

• “اسد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “اسد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “اسد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.