پور

See also: ـپور, پورـ, 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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [puːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰuːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰuɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuɾ]

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

• (son): پسر (pesar)
• (black francolin): دراج (dorrâj)

Further reading

• Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies‎^[1] (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 6

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पुर (pura).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /puːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

پُور • (pūr) m (Hindi spelling पुर)

1. town, city; village
2. fortress