مساعدت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَاعَدَة (musāʕada).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.saː.ʔa.ˈdat/, /mu.saː.ʔi.ˈdat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.ʔä.d̪át̪], [mʊ.sɑː.ʔɪ.d̪át̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑːä.d̪át̪], [mʊ.sɑː.jɪ.d̪át̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔːä.d̪át̪], [mu.sɔː.ji.d̪át̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sɒː.ʔæ.d̪ǽt̪ʰ], [mo.sɒː.ʔe.d̪ǽt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ.ʔä.d̪át̪], [mu.sɔ.ʔi.d̪át̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	musā'adát, musā'idát
Dari reading^?	musā'adat, musā'idat
Iranian reading^?	mosâ'adat, mosâ'edat
Tajik reading^?	muso'adat, muso'idat

Noun

مساعدت • (musā'adat, musā'idat / mosâ'adat, mosâ'edat) (Tajik spelling мусоадат, or мусоидат)

assistance, aid
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 43”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:
  عشق خوشست ار مساعدت بود از یار
  یار مساعد نه اندکست و نه بسیار
  išq-i xwaš ast ar musā'adat buwad az yār
  yār-i musā'ad na andak ast u na bisyār
  It is a happy love if there is help from the beloved;
  Helpful beloveds are neither few nor many.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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