اسد
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).
Noun
اسد (äsäd)
Descendants
- Uyghur: ئەسەت (eset)
- Uzbek: asad
Proper noun
اسد (äsäd)
Descendants
- Uyghur: ئەسەت (eset)
- Uzbek: Asad
Further reading
- Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “اسد”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary][1] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 424
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad, “lion”).
Noun
اسد • (esed)
- lion, any large felid of the species Panthera leo
- (figuratively) lion, a strong, brave and valiant man
Proper noun
اسد • (Esed)
- (astronomy) Leo, a constellation of the Zodiac
- (astrology) Leo, the zodiac sign for the Lion
Derived terms
- اسدی (esedi, “leonine”)
- اسدیه (esediye, “panther”)
Descendants
- Turkish: esed
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “esed”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1480
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “esed”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 277
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 88
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Leo”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 934
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اسد”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 211
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 108
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).
Noun
اَسَد • (asád) m
Proper noun
اَسَد • (asád) m
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔa.ˈsad/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.sǽd̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæ.sǽd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.sǽd̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | asad |
| Dari reading? | asad |
| Iranian reading? | asad |
| Tajik reading? | asad |
Proper noun
| Dari | اسد |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Асад |
اسد • (asad)
Noun
| Dari | اسد |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | асад |
اسد • (asad)
- (uncommon) synonym of شیر (“lion”)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).
Noun
اَسَد • (asad) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਸਦ)
Proper noun
اَسَد • (asad) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਸਦ)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اسَد”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), from Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).
Noun
اَسَدُ • (asadu) m (Devanagari असदु)
Proper noun
اَسَدُ • (asadu) m (Devanagari असदु)
Further reading
- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “اَسَدُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
- “اسد”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسَد (asad), Arabic أَسَد (ʔasad).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.səd̪/
- Rhymes: -əd̪
Noun
اَسَد • (asad) m (Hindi spelling असद)
Proper noun
اَسَد • (asad) m (Hindi spelling असद)
References
- “اسد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اسد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “اسد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.