پوست

See also: بؤست

Persian
آناتومی پوست انسان

Etymology

From Middle Persian pwst' (pōst, “skin, hide, shell”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎺𐎿𐎫𐎠 (pavastā). See also Sanskrit पुस्तक (pustaka).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰoːst̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰoːst̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰʊːst̪]

Readings
Classical reading? pōst
Dari reading? pōst
Iranian reading? pust
Tajik reading? püst

Noun
Dari پوست
Iranian Persian
Tajik пӯст

پوست • (pust) (plural پوست‌ها (pust-hâ))

  1. skin
  2. flesh
  3. shell
  4. peel
  5. rind
  6. fur

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Urdu: پوست (pōst)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian پوست (pōst, “skin; hide; rind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

پوست • (post) m (Hindi spelling पोस्त)

  1. skin; hide
  2. crust, bark; layer
  3. shell; rind, peel

Derived terms
  • پوسْتِین (pōstīn, “leather”)
  • پوسْتِین دوز (pōstīn-dōz, “furrier”)
  • گوشْت پوسْت (gōšt-pōst, “flesh and skin”)
  • پوست کُن (pōst-kun, “flayer”)
  • پوست پَرَست (pōst-parast, “superficial-minded person”)
  • پوست بَرْ پوست (pōst-bar-pōst, “layer upon layer”) (adverb)

References
  • “پوست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پوست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • “پوست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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