# پر
## Khalaj
### Noun

پَر (pər) (definite accusative پَری, plural پَرلَر)
* Arabic spelling of pər (“feather”)

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* پیر (pır)

### Etymology

Onomatopoeic

### Noun

پر • (pır)
* an unidentified noise, a whirr

### Further reading

* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “pır”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 317a

## Pahari-Potwari
### Etymology

From Sanskrit परम् (param).

### Conjunction

پر (par)
* but

## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠purr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥Hnáh (compare Northern Kurdish pirr (“much, very, many”), Central Kurdish پڕ (pirr, “full”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hnás (compare Old Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (pər$^ə$na), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (compare Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Italian pieno, Welsh llawn, English full).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [puɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [pʰʊɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [pʰʊɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [pʰʊɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [pʰuɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [pʰoɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [pʰuɾ]

#### Adjective

| Dari | پر |
| Iranian Persian | پر |
| Tajik | пур |
پر • (por)
* full
* loaded, laden
* fraught, rife
* ample
* populous
* topfull

##### Derived terms

* پری (pori)
* پر کردن (por kardan)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parnám, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing”), from *perH- (“to fly”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (par$^ə$na, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather”), Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “wing, feather”), Albanian fier (“fern”), English fern.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [paɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [pʰäɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [pʰäɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [pʰäɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [pʰäɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [pʰæɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [pʰäɾ]

#### Noun

| Dari | پر |
| Iranian Persian | پر |
| Tajik | пар |
پر • (par)
* feather
* wing
* leaf

##### Derived terms

* سپیدپر (sepid-par, “mosquito”)
* پر زدن (par zadan)
* پر کشیدن (par kešidan)
* پره (parre)
* پرپر (par-par)

##### Descendants

* → Khalaj: pər

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

پر • (par)
* present stem form of پریدن

## Punjabi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəɾ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian پر (par).

#### Noun

پر • (par) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)
* wing

### Etymology 2

From Classical Persian پار (pār).

#### Adjective

پر • (par) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)
* last, past
* next

##### Derived terms

* پر سال (par-sāl)

### Etymology 3

From Sanskrit परम् (param).

#### Conjunction

پر • (par) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰ)
* but

##### Synonyms

* (but): لیکن (lekin), مگر (magar)

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پر (par).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pərʊ]

### Noun

پَرُ • (paru) m (Devanagari परु)
* (anatomy) wing

### References

* Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “پَرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
* Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “پَرُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /pəɾ/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀭𑀺 (pari), 𑀉𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀭𑀺 (uppari), from Sanskrit उपरि (upari, “above”).

#### Postposition

پَر • (par) (Hindi spelling पर)
* on
    چَھت پَر ― chat par ― on the roof
* at
    گَھر پَر ― ghar par ― at home
* Additional meanings as a compound postposition

##### Synonyms

* پہ (pe)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀭𑀁 (paraṃ), from Sanskrit परम् (param, “after, but”), oblique of पर (para, “distant, further”).

#### Conjunction

پَر • (par) (Hindi spelling पर)
* but
* still
* yet

##### Synonyms

* مگر (magar)
* لیکن (lekin)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian پر (par).

#### Noun

پَر • (par) m (Hindi spelling पर)
* feather
* wing
* quill

##### Synonyms

* پنکھ (paṅkh)

### Etymology 4

From Sanskrit पर (para).

#### Adjective

پَر • (par) (Hindi spelling पर)
* distant
* remote
* longest
* ancient
* opposite

### References

* “پر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “پر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.