پریشان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian پریشان (parêšân).

Adjective

پریشان • (perişan)

1. miserable, poor

Descendants

• Turkish: perişan
• → Armenian: (Constantinople) փէրուշան (pʻērušan), (Van) փա̈րիշա̈ն (pʻärišän)

Persian

Etymology

From Classical Persian پریش (parēš) +‎ Classical Persian ـان (-ān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pa.ɾeː.ʃɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾeː.ʃɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾeː.ʃɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾeː.ʃɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾeː.ʃɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.ɹiː.ʃɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾe.ʃɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	parēšān
Dari reading?	parēšān
Iranian reading?	parišân
Tajik reading?	parešon

Adjective

Dari	پریشان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	парешон

پریشان • (parêšân) (comparative پریشان‌تَر (parêšân-tar), superlative پریشان‌تَرین (parêšân-tarin))

1. scattered, dispersed
2. distracted
3. distressed

Synonyms

• آشفته (âšofte)

Related terms

• پریشیدن (parêšidan)
• پریشانی (parêšâni)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: pərişan
• → Bengali: পেরেশান (pereśan)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: परेशान (pareśān)

  Urdu: پَریشَان (pareśān)

• → Ottoman Turkish: پریشان (perişan)
  • Turkish: perişan
  • → Armenian: (Constantinople) փէրուշան (pʻērušan), (Van) փա̈րիշա̈ն (pʻärišän)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਪਰੇਸ਼ਾਨ (pareśān)

  Shahmukhi script: پریشان (pareśān)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پریشان (parēšān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.ɾeː.ʃɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Adjective

پَریشان • (pareśān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling परेशान)

1. bothered, distressed, troubled, worried

References

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