نمایش

Persian

Etymology

نما (namâ, “to show”, verbal root) +‎ ـش (-eš, noun-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.mɑː.jiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑː.jɪʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑː.jɪʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑː.jɪʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔː.jiʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.mɒː.jeʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔ.jiʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	namāyiš
Dari reading?	namāyiš
Iranian reading?	namâyeš
Tajik reading?	namoyiš

• Rhymes: -eʃ

Noun

Dari	نمایش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	намоиш

نَمایِش • (namâyeš) (plural نمایش‌ها (namâyeš-hâ))

1. show, exposition, display, exhibition
2. play, theatre, spectacle
3. form, semblance, appearance

Derived terms

(nouns)

• نمایشکار (namâyeškâr, “actor, performer”)
• نمایش‌نامه (namâyeš-nâme, “playbook, script”)
• نمایشگاه (namâyešgâh, “theater, exhibition place”)

(compound verbs)

• نمایش دادن (namâyeš dâdan, “to give a performance, to exhibit, to represent”)

Related terms

• نمودن (nemudan, “to show, to exhibit”)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Armenian: նմուշ (nmuš)
• → Azerbaijani: nümayiş, nümüş
• → Gujarati: નુમાઈશ (numāīśa)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नुमाइश (numāiś)

  Urdu: نمائش (numāiś)

• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: numayîş, nimayîş

• → Georgian: ნიმუში (nimuši)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نمایش (nümayiş)
  • Turkish: nümayiş
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨੁਮਾਇਸ਼ (numāiśa)

  Shahmukhi script: نمائش (numāiś)

• → Uyghur: نامايىش (namayish)
• → Uzbek: namoyish