پیامبر

Persian

Alternative forms

پیغمبر‎ (peyğambar)
پیغامبر‎ (peyğâmbar)
پیمبر‎ (payambar)

Etymology

From earlier ‎ (peyğâmbar), from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl (payğāmbar, “messenger, apostle”). Analysable as ‎ (payâm, “message”) +‎ ‎ (-bar, “bearer, bringer”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /pajɑːmbaɾ/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /pajɒːmbaɾ/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /pæjɒːmbæɾ/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /pajɔːmbaɾ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	پیامبر
Dari	پیامبر
Tajik	паёмбар (payombar)

پیامبر • (payâmbar) (plural پیامبران‎ (payâmbarân) or پیامبرها‎ (payâmbar-hâ))

(religion) prophet, messenger (of God)
Synonyms: رسول‎ (rasul), نبی‎ (nabi)

‏‎ ― payâmbar-e eslâm ― the prophet of Islam, i.e. Muhammad

Related terms

پیام‎ (payâm)
پیام‌آور‎ (payâm-âvar, “messenger”, in general)

Descendants

See ‎ (peyğambar).

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