ماهیت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maː.hij.ˈjat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ɦi.ját̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ji.ját̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.ji.ját̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.ɦi.jǽt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.ɦi.ját̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	māhiyyat
Dari reading^?	māhiyat
Iranian reading^?	mâhiyat
Tajik reading^?	mohiyat

Noun

ماهیت • (māhiyyat / mâhiyat) (Tajik spelling моҳият)

whatness, quiddity, essence

Further reading

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