پرسیدن

See also: ترسیدن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭩𐭲𐭭 (pʿʿsytn /⁠pursīdan⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎠𐎷𐎹 (p-r-s-a-mi-y /⁠pạrsāmiy⁠/, to ask, punish, 1sg.pres.act.), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥sáti[1], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥šćáti, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti.

Cognate to Northern Kurdish pirsîn, Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛcchati), Russian проси́ть (prosítʹ), Old English friġnan.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰʊɾ.siː.d̪ǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰʊɾ.siː.d̪ǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰuɾ.si.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? pursīḏan
Dari reading? pursīdan
Iranian reading? porsidan
Tajik reading? pursidan

Verb

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Iranian Persian
Tajik пурсидан

پُرسیدَن • (porsidan) (present stem پُرس (pors))

  1. to ask, inquire
    Synonym: سؤال کردن (so'âl kardan)
    اگر سؤالی دارید، لطفا بپرسید. (literary)
    agar so'âli dârid, lotfan be-porsid.
    If you have a question, please ask.
    اگه یه سؤالی دارین، لطفا بپرسین. (colloquial)
    age ye so'âli dârin, lotfan bo-porsin.
    If you have a question, please ask.
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3178:
      از وطن پرسید و آوردش به گفت، و اندر آن پرسش بسی درها بسفت
      az vatan porsid va âvard-eš be goft, va andar ân porseš basi dor-hâ be-soft.
      He asked him about his native land and led him to talk and said many fine things in the course of [his] enquiry.
  2. to question

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), *fras/prs”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88

Further reading

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