See also: ترسیدن

Persian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

 

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

Verb edit

Dari پرسیدن
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.
  2. to question

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  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

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