بسد

See also: نشد and يسد

Arabic

Alternative forms

• بُسَذ (busaḏ)

Etymology

From Persian بسَد (bosad, besad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.sad/, /bus.sad/, /bis.sad/

Noun

بُسَد or بُسَّد or بِسَّد • (busad or bussad or bissad) m

1. (obsolete) coral

   Synonym: مُرْجَان (murjān)

Declension

Declension of noun بُسَد (busad)‎; بُسَّد (bussad)‎; بِسَّد (bissad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُسَد‎; بُسَّد‎; بِسَّد busad‎; bussad‎; bissad	الْبُسَد‎; الْبُسَّد‎; الْبِسَّد al-busad‎; al-bussad‎; al-bissad	بُسَد‎; بُسَّد‎; بِسَّد busad‎; bussad‎; bissad
Nominative	بُسَدٌ‎; بُسَّدٌ‎; بِسَّدٌ busadun‎; bussadun‎; bissadun	الْبُسَدُ‎; الْبُسَّدُ‎; الْبِسَّدُ al-busadu‎; al-bussadu‎; al-bissadu	بُسَدُ‎; بُسَّدُ‎; بِسَّدُ busadu‎; bussadu‎; bissadu
Accusative	بُسَدًا‎; بُسَّدًا‎; بِسَّدًا busadan‎; bussadan‎; bissadan	الْبُسَدَ‎; الْبُسَّدَ‎; الْبِسَّدَ al-busada‎; al-bussada‎; al-bissada	بُسَدَ‎; بُسَّدَ‎; بِسَّدَ busada‎; bussada‎; bissada
Genitive	بُسَدٍ‎; بُسَّدٍ‎; بِسَّدٍ busadin‎; bussadin‎; bissadin	الْبُسَدِ‎; الْبُسَّدِ‎; الْبِسَّدِ al-busadi‎; al-bussadi‎; al-bissadi	بُسَدِ‎; بُسَّدِ‎; بِسَّدِ busadi‎; bussadi‎; bissadi

Persian

Etymology

May be the Aramaic בֻּסְרָא (busrā) / בּוּסְרָא (busrā) / ܒܣܪܐ (*busrā, “unripe grape”), elsewhere known as Slavic бисер / biser “pearl”, with typical Persian consonant switch as in شمشار (šemšâr) → شمشاد (šemšâd, “box”). But compare بستام (bestâm, “coral”), also a known form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bu.sað], [bi.sað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊ.säd̪], [bɪ.säd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊ.säd̪], [bɪ.säd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊ.säd̪], [bɪ.säd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bu.säd̪̥], [bi.säd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bo.sæd̪̥], [be.sæd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bu.säd̪], [bi.säd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	busaḏ, bisaḏ
Dari reading?	busad, bisad
Iranian reading?	bosad, besad
Tajik reading?	busad, bisad

Noun

بسد • (bosad, besad)

1. (archaic) coral

   Synonym: مرجان (marjân)

Derived terms

• بسدین (bosadin, besadin, “coral-coloured, i.e. red”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بُسَد (busad)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بسد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “بسد”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 241b
• Марр, Н. (1910) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга XII. Вступительные и заключительные строфы "Витязя в барсовой коже" Шоты из Рустава [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book XII. The opening and closing stanzas of Shota Rustaveli's "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 18, connects with Old Armenian սաթ (satʻ)