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

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /puɾsiˈdan/

Verb

Dari پرسیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik пурсидан (pursidan)

پُرسیدَن (porsidan), present stem پُرس (pors)

  1. to ask, inquire
    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.
    Synonym: سؤال کردن (so'âl kardan)
  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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