From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 (ptkl /patkar, pahikar/, “picture, image”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (p-t-i-k-r /patikarā/). Compare Armenian պատկեր (patker, “picture, likeness”), an Iranian borrowing.
Readings
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Classical reading?
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paykar
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Dari reading?
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paykar
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Iranian reading?
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peykar
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Tajik reading?
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paykar
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پیکر • (peykar) (plural پیکرها (peykar-hâ))
- face, countenance
- form, figure, mould, model
- portrait, likeness
- idol-temple
- body
Enclitic-attached forms of پیکر (paykar) (Iranian Persian)
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Basic forms of پیکر (paykar)
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singular
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plural
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bare
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پیکر (paykar)
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پیکرها (paykar-hấ) پیکرا △ (paykarấ)
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definitive direct object
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پیکر را (paykar râ) پیکر رو △ (paykaro)
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پیکرها را (paykar-hấ râ) پیکرا رو △ (paykarấ ro)
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ezâfe
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پیکر (paykar-e)
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پیکرهای (paykar-hấ-ye) پیکرای △ (paykarấ-ye)
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marked indefinite or relative definite
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پیکری (paykar-i)
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پیکرهایی (paykarấn-i, paykar-hấ-i) پیکرایی △ (paykarấi)
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△ Colloquial.
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