پا
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پا (pa).
Noun
پا • (pa)
- the foot
- the leg
- a hind-leg in a quadruped
- a foundation, base, pedestal, leg, lower part of various inanimate things; also, the stern of a ship or boat
- power; firmness, durability, constancy
- a footing
- a footstep, trace, vestige
- a pretext, excuse, assigned cause
Related terms
- پاجامه (pacame)
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 428
Persian
Etymology 1
From earlier پای (pây), from Middle Persian [script needed] (pāy), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (pād(a)), from Proto-Iranian *pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”).[1]
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈpaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pā |
| Dari reading? | pā |
| Iranian reading? | pâ |
| Tajik reading? | po |
Noun
| Dari | پا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | по |
پا • (pâ) (plural پاها)
- leg
- foot
- 2006, Black Cats, جون خودت:
- ببين چطور دلم افتاده به پات
- bebin četor delam âftâde be pât
Look how my heart fell to your feet
- bebin četor delam âftâde be pât
- limb
Derived terms
nouns
- انگشتِ پا (angošt-e pâ, “toe”)
- تیپا (tip(p)â, “a kick with the tip of the foot”)
- جاپا (jâ-pâ, “ford”)
- خرپا (xar-pâ, “truss”)
- دمپایی (dampâyi, “slipper”)
- ردِّ پا (redd-e pâ, “footprint”)
- روپایی (rupâyi, “keepie-uppie”)
- زیرپایی (zirpâyi, “footrest”)
- سرپایان (sarpâyân, “cephalopods”)
- سنگِ پا (sang-e pâ, “pumice”, literally “foot stone”)
- شستِ پا (šast-e pâ, “big toe”)
- صدپا (sad-pâ, “centipede”)
- لاپایی (lâpâyi, “intercrural sex”)
- مچ پا (moč-e pâ, “ankle”)
- هزارپا (hezâr-pâ, “millipede”)
- هشت‌پا (hašt-pâ, “octopus”)
- همپا (ham-pâ, “companion”)
- پابوسی (pâ-busi, “pilgrimage”, literally “foot kissing”)
- پادرمیانی (pâ-dar-miyâni, “intervention”)
- پادری (pâdari, “welcome mat”)
- پادو (pâdo, “lackey”)
- پاشنه‌یِ پا (pâšne-ye pâ, “heel”)
- پاقدم (pâ-qadam, “auspice”)
- پاچه (pâče, pâčče, “totters, trousers”)
- پاگشا (pâ-gošâ, “Pagosha, a reception party for newlyweds”)
- پایتخت (pâytaxt, “capital city”)
- پایمردی (pâymardi, “perseverance”)
- پایه (pâye, “pod, basis, foundation”)
- پایکوبی (pâykubi, “dancing and hopping”)
- پایگاه (pây(e)gâh, “base, headquarter”)
- پشتِ پا (pošt-e pâ, “spurn”)
- کفِ پا (kaf-e pâ, “sole”)
adjectives and adverbs
- بی‌دست‌و‌پا (bi-dast-o-pâ, “clumsy”)
- بی‌سر‌و‌پا (bi-sar-o-pâ, “hobo”)
- تیزپا (tiz-pâ, “swift”)
- خرده‌پا (xorde-pâ, “with a small capital, ordinary”)
- دست‌وپاگیر (dast-o-pâ-gir, “unwieldy, restrictive”)
- دست‌و‌پا‌شکسته (dast-o-pâ šekaste, “broken (of a language)”)
- دست‌و‌پا‌چلفتی (dast-o-pâ čolofti, “clumsy”)
- دست‌پاچه (dast-pâče, “flustered”)
- سرِپا (sare-pâ, “standing, healthy and youthful”)
- سه‌پایه (se-pâye, “tripod”)
- پابرجا (pâbarjâ, “standing, enduring, existing”)
- پابه‌سن‌گذاشته (pâ-be-sen gozâšte, “aged, senior”)
- پابه‌ماه (pâ-be-mâh, “pregnant, in the family way”)
- پابه‌پا (pâ-be-pâ, “shoulder to shoulder”)
- پاخورده (pâ xorde, “stepped on”)
- پادار (pâdâr, “legged”)
- پاسوز (pâsuz, “loyal and devoted despite predicaments”)
- پاپِی (pâpey, “pushy, persistent”)
- پاپیچ (pâ-pič, “puttee, insistent, bothersome”)
- پاگیر (pâ dadan, “settled down”)
- پایدار (pâydâr, “stable”)
- پایمال (pâymâl, “trampled”)
- پاینده (pâyande, “lasting”)
- پایور (pâyvar, “persistent”)
- پیش‌ِپااُفتاده (piš-e pâ oftâde, “trivial”)
- چهارپا (čahâr-pâ, “quadruped”)
- کلّه‌پا (kalle-pâ, “stumbled, upside down”)
- گل‌پا (gol-pâ, “gardener, auspicious”)
verbs
- آتش به پا کردن (âtaš be pâ kardan, “to set on fire, to arson”)
- این پا اون پا کردن (in-pâ-'un-pâ kardan, “to beat around the bush”)
- دست و پا زدن (dast-o-pâ zadan, “to struggle”)
- زیرِ پا گذشتن (zir-e pâ gozaštan, “to trample, to violate”)
- پا دادن (pâ dâdan, “to agree to hook up”)
- پا زدن (pâ zadan, “to cycle, to bike”)
- پا شدن (pâ šodan, “to get up”)
- پا پیش گذاشتن (pâ piš gozâštan, “to take the initiative”)
- پا گرفتن (pâ gereftan, “to gain strength”)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- پی (pey, poy) (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) (used only when not followed by possessive suffixes)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɒː/
Preposition
پا • (pâ)
- (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) (used only when followed by possessive suffixes) with
References
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 52
Southern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́das, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”).
Noun
پا (pā)
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian پا (pâ).
Noun
پا • (pā) m
Related terms
- پاجامَہ (pājāma)
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Etymology 2
Verb
پا • (pā) (Hindi spelling पा)
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.