پرس

See also: ترش, ترس, پرش, برش, and برس

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English press.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? peres

Noun

پرس • (peres) (plural پرس‌ها)

  1. mechanical press (machine)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from an Aramaic vocalization variant *pursā otherwise found as Classical Syriac ܦܪܣܐ (pərāsā, pārsā), later reinforced by French portion or Russian по́рция (pórcija).

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? pors

Noun

پرس • (pors)

  1. portion of food (for one person, e.g. when ordering at a restaurant)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? purs
Dari reading? purs
Iranian reading? pors
Tajik reading? purs

Verb

پرس • (pors)

  1. present stem form of پرسیدن (porsidan, to ask)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܦܪܣܐ (persā).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? pars

Noun

پرس • (pars) (Tajik spelling парс)

  1. curtain, drapes

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