پسر

See also: تشر, تسر, بسر, and بشر

Persian

یک پدر و پسرش
A father and his son

Alternative forms

• پسی (posē) (dialectal, Sistan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (BREl) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwsl /⁠pusar⁠/, “son”), formed from 𐭡𐭥𐭤 (pus [BRE], “son”) on the model of kinship term pairs such as [Book Pahlavi needed] (AH), [script needed] (blʾtl' /⁠brādar⁠/). The Middle Persian is in turn from Old Persian 𐎱𐎢𐏂 (p-u-ç /⁠puça⁠/). Cognate of Sanskrit पुत्र (putra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pu.saɾ], [pi.saɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰʊ.säɾ], [pʰɪ.säɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰʊ.säɾ], [pʰɪ.säɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰʊ.säɾ], [pʰɪ.säɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰu.säɾ], [pʰi.säɾ]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰe.sæɹ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰe.sæɹ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [pʰo.sæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰi.säɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	pusar, pisar
Dari reading?	pusar, pisar
Iranian reading?	pesar
Tajik reading?	pisar

• (dialectal, Isfahani) IPA^(key): /peˈseɾ/

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	پسر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	писар

پسر • (pesar) (plural پسران (pesarân) or پسرها (pesar-hâ))

1. son
2. boy

Derived terms

• آقاپسر (âğa-pesar, “young man”)
• دوست‌پسر (dust-pesar, “boyfriend”)
• پسرانه (pesarâne, “for boys, boyish”)
• پسرباره (pesar-bâre, “pederast”)
• پسرباز (pesar-bâz, “pederast”)
• پسربچّه (pesar-bačče, “kid, baby boy”)
• پسرخاله (pesar-xâle, “cousin”)
• پسرخوانده (pesar-xânde, “stepson”)
• پسردایی (pesar-dâyi, “cousin”)
• پسرعمه (pesar-amme, “cousin”)
• پسرعمو (pesar-amu, “cousin”)
• پسرک (pesarak, “kid”)
• گل‌پسر (gol-pesar, “a good boy, a nice fellow”)

 

Further reading

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pusar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پسر (pusar, pisar). Cognate of Sanskrit पुत्र (putra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɪ.səɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

پِسَر • (pisar) m (Hindi spelling पिसर)

1. son

   Synonym: بیٹا (beṭā)

2. boy

   Synonym: لڑکا (laṛkā)

References

• “پسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پسر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.