پیشنهاد

Persian

Etymology

Compound of پیش (piš, front) +‎ نهاد (nehad, past stem of نهادن (nehâdan, to put, place, set)). Compare Northern Kurdish pêşniyar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰeːʃ.ne̞.ɦɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰeːʃ.ni.jɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰeːʃ.ni.jɔ́ːd̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? pēšnihād
Dari reading? pēšnehād
Iranian reading? pišnehâd
Tajik reading? pešnihod

Noun

Dari پیشنهاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik пешниҳод

پیشنهاد • (pēšnihād / pišnehâd) (plural پیشنهادها (pēšnihād-hā / pišnehâd-hâ), Tajik spelling пешниҳод)

  1. suggestion, proposal
  2. custom
  3. manner

Descendants

    • Urdu: پیش نِہاد (peś nihād, intention, aim, objective, regarded)