پیغمبر

Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

Iranian Persian	پیغمبر
Dari	پیغمبر
Tajik	пайғамбар (payġambar)

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 (päyğämbär), бәйғәмбәр (bäyğämbär)
→ Bengali: পয়গম্বর (poẏogombor)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: पैग़म्बर (paiġambar)

Urdu: پیغمبر‎ (paigambar)
→ Kazakh: пайғамбар (paiğambar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: پیغامبر‎ (peygamber)
- Turkish: peygamber
  - → Adyghe: бегъымбар (beeğəmbaar)
  - → Kabardian: бегъымбар (beeğəmbaar)
→ Uzbek: paygʻambar
→ Old Punjabi: ਪਿਕਾਂਬਰ (pikāmbara), ਪਿਕੰਬਰ (pikambara)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (peyğambar).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /peː.ɣəm.bəɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /peː.ɣəm.bəɾ/

Noun

پَیغَمْبَر • (peğambar) m (Hindi spelling पैग़ंबर)

(Islam) prophet, messenger
ambassador, envoy

References

“پیغمبر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“پیغمبر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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