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

Clipping of French portion or Russian порция (porcija).

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”)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پرس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
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