پیغمبر

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (peyğambar).

Noun

پیغمبر (peyğambar)

prophet

Persian

Etymology

From earlier (payğāmbar), from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl (payğāmbar, “messenger, apostle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [paj.ɣam.baɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ɣäm.bäɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ɣäm.bäɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ɣäm.bäɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pejɢæm.bæɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ʁäm.bäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	payğambar
Dari reading^?	payğambar
Iranian reading^?	peyğambar
Tajik reading^?	payġambar

Noun


Iranian Persian	پیغمبر
Dari	پیغمبر
Tajik	пайғамбар

پیغمبر • (peyğambar) (plural پیغمبران (peyğambarân) or پیغمبرها (peyğambar-hâ))

(formal or dated) Alternative form of (payâmbar, “prophet”)

Derived terms

پیغمبری (peyğambari)

Related terms

پیغام (peyğâm)
بر (bar-)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: peyğəmbər
→ Bashkir: пәйғәмбәр (pəyğəmbər), бәйғәмбәр (bəyğəmbər)
→ Bengali: পয়গম্বর (poẏogombor)
→ Gujarati: પેગંબર (pegambar), પયગંબર (payagambar), પૈગંબર (paigambar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: पैग़म्बर (paiġambar)

Urdu: پیغمبر (paigambar)
→ Kazakh: пайғамбар (paiğambar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: پیغامبر (peygamber), پیغمبر (peygamber)
- Turkish: peygamber
- → Albanian: pejgamber
- → Adyghe: бегъымбар (beğəmbar)
- → Kabardian: бегъымбар (beğəmbar)
- → Serbo-Croatian: pejgamber
→ Uyghur: پەيغەمبەر (peyghember)
→ Uzbek: paygʻambar
→ Old Punjabi: ਪਿਕਾਂਬਰ (pikāmbara), ਪਿਕੰਬਰ (pikambara)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (payğambar).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɛː.ɣəm.bəɾ/
Audio (PK) (file)
Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

پَیغَمْبَر • (paiġambar) m (Hindi spelling पैग़ंबर)

(Islam) prophet, messenger
ambassador, envoy

References

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

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