پیرمرد

Persian

یک پیرمردِ تُرک

a Turkish old man

Etymology

From پیر +‎ مرد.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [piːɾ.(i) maɾð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːɾ.(ɪ) mäɹd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːɾ.(ɪ) mäɹd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰiːɾ.(ɪ) mäɹd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰiɾ.(i) mäɹd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːɹ.(e) mæɹd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiɾ.(i) mäɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	pīr-(i) mard
Dari reading?	pīr-(i) mard
Iranian reading?	pir-(e) mard
Tajik reading?	pir-(i) mard

Noun

پیرمرد • (pir(e)-mard)

1. an old man

   Synonym: شیخ (šeyx)

   پیرمردی در قهوه‌خانه نشسته بود.

   pir-(e)-mardi dar qahve-xâne nešaste bud.

   An old man was sitting in the coffeehouse.

Related terms

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پیرمرد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

See also

• پیرزن (pir(e)-zan, “old woman”)