پسر

See also: تشر, تسر, بسر, and بشر

Persian
یک پدر و پسرش

A father and his son

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

Readings
Classical reading? pusar, pisar
Dari reading? pusar, pisar
Iranian reading? pesar
Tajik reading? pisar
  • (dialectal, Isfahani) IPA(key): /peˈseɾ/
  • Audio(file)

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

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.
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