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پرسیدن

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See also: ترسیدن

Persian

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Etymology

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? pursīḏan
Dari reading? pursīdan
Iranian reading? porsidan
Tajik reading? pursidan

Verb

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Dari پرسیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik пурсидан

پُرسیدَن (porsidan) (present stem پُرس (pors))

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  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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