فشار

Arabic

فُشَارٌ

Etymology

From Persian فشار (fešâr, “pressure”), from Persian فشردن (fešordan, “to press, to squeeze”).

Noun

فُشَار • (fušār) m

1. (uncountable) popcorn

Declension

Declension of noun فُشَار (fušār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُشَار fušār	الْفُشَار al-fušār	فُشَار fušār
Nominative	فُشَارٌ fušārun	الْفُشَارُ al-fušāru	فُشَارُ fušāru
Accusative	فُشَارًا fušāran	الْفُشَارَ al-fušāra	فُشَارَ fušāra
Genitive	فُشَارٍ fušārin	الْفُشَارِ al-fušāri	فُشَارِ fušāri

Hijazi Arabic

فِشار

Etymology

From Persian فشار (fešâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈʃaːr/, [fɪˈʃaːr]

Noun

فِشار • (fišār) m

1. (uncountable) popcorn

See also

• ذُرَة (ḏura, “corn”)

Persian

Alternative forms

• خشار (xušār), خچار (xučār), قچار (qučār) (dialectal Dari)

Etymology

Deverbal from فشردن (fešordan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fi.ʃɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ʃɑːɾ], [fʊ.ʃɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ʃɑːɾ], [fʊ.ʃɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ʃɑːɾ], [fʊ.ʃɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fi.ʃɔːɾ], [fu.ʃɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fe.ʃɒːɹ], [fo.ʃɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fi.ʃɔɾ], [fu.ʃɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	fišār
Dari reading?	fišār, fušār
Iranian reading?	fešâr, fošâr
Tajik reading?	fišor, fušor

Verb

فشار • (fešâr)

1. present stem form of فشردن (fešordan, “to press, to squeeze”)

Noun

Dari	فشار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фишор

فشار • (fešâr)

1. pressure (physical, figurative)

   Synonym: ضغط (zağt)

   فشار خون ― fešâr-e xun ― blood pressure

   فشار اتمسفریک ― fešâr-e atmosferik ― atmospheric pressure

   فشار روانی ― fešâr-e ravâni ― mental stress

   • 2020 December 15, “تب فقر در دوران پاندمی”, in Donya-e-Eqtesad‎^[1]:

     این امر هم می‌تواند به توزیع عادلانه‌تر درآمد در کشور کمک کند و هم اینکه از فشار فقر در گروه‌های قابل‌توجهی از جمعیت کشور بکاهد.

     in amr ham mi-tavânad be towzi'-e 'âdelâne-tar-e dar-âmad dar kešvar komak konad va ham in-ke az fešâr-e faqr dar goruh-hâ-ye qâbel-towjohi az jam'iyyat-e kešvar be-kâhad.

     This policy can also help lead to a more equitable distribution of income in the country and also reduce the pressures of poverty on significant segments of the country's population.

Derived terms

• فشارسنج (fešârsanj, “barometer”)
• فشار خون (fešâr-e xun, “blood pressure”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: فُشَار (fušār)

  Hijazi Arabic: فِشار (fišār)

References

• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[2] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 75, Nr. 226