pirs
Definition of pirs
to ask, question, request, ask for, inquiry, query, search
Etymology
From Avestan (Av.)
1) pares, peresanguha, pərəs "to ask, to question"
2) peresaiti, frasā "question, inquiry"
PIE root *prek-, pr̥k̑-, perk̑- "to ask, request, entreat, pray for",
Sanskrit prcchati,
Old French preier "to pray",
Latin precari "ask earnestly, beg, entreat",
Old Church Slavonic prositi,
Lithuanian prašyti "to ask, beg",
Old High German frahen,
German fragen,
Old English fricgan "to ask" a question,
Umbrian persnimu "to ask, to seek".
Possible connection between price and Kurdish words of pirs "to ask" as well as frotin/frasā "to sell".
PIE *per- "to traffic in, to sell".
Updated on May 27, 2024
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