پیغمبر

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پیغمبر (peyġambar).

Noun

پیغمبر • (peyğambar)

  1. prophet

Persian

Etymology

From earlier پیغامبر (payġāmbar), from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl (payğāmbar, messenger, apostle).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? payġambar
Dari reading? payġambar
Iranian reading? payġambar
Tajik reading? payġambar

Noun

پیغمبر • (payġambar) (plural پیغمبران (payġambarān / payġambarân), or پیغمبرها (payġambar-hā / payġambar-hâ), Tajik spelling пайғамбар)

  1. (formal or dated) alternative form of پیامبر (payâmbar, prophet)

Derived terms

  • پیغمبری (peyġambari)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیغمبر (payġambar).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɛː.ɣəm.bəɾ/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

پَیغَمْبَر • (paiġambarm (Hindi spelling पैग़ंबर)

  1. (Islam) prophet, messenger
  2. ambassador, envoy

References

  • پیغمبر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • پیغمبر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.