بسیار

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wsy(k)ʾl /⁠wasyār⁠/, “much, many”).

بسیار • (besyâr) (comparative بسیارتَر, superlative بسیارتَرین)

1. many

The comparative and superlative forms بسیارتر (besyâr-tar) and بسیارترین (besyâr-tarin) are somewhat colloquial. More common alternatives are بیشتر (bištar) and بیشترین (bištarin).

بسیار • (besyâr)

1. very

   Synonym: خیلی (xeyli)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wasyār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 88

Borrowed from Classical Persian بسیار (bisyâr, “much, many, very”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (wsy(k)ʾl /⁠wasyār⁠/, “much, many”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪs.jɑːɾ/

بسیار • (bisyār) (Hindi spelling बिसयार)

1. abundant, in plenty
2. much, many
3. very

• بِسْیاری (bisyārī, “many, plenty”)
• بِسْیار گو (bisyār-go, “talkative, prolific poet”)
• بِسْیار خور (bisyār-xōr, “gluttonous, gourmand”)
• بِسْیار نَوِیس (bisyār-navīs, “prolific writer”)