نهاد
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian. Compare Middle Persian nyh’dg (nihādag, “foundation, base”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ni.hɑːð]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ne.ɦɒːd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ni.ɦɔd̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nihāḏ |
| Dari reading? | nehād |
| Iranian reading? | nehâd |
| Tajik reading? | nihod |
Noun edit
نهاد • (nahâd, nehâd)
- (archaic) nature
- 9th century, Rudaki
- خدای عرش را چنین نهاد نهاد
که گاه مردم شادان و گه بُوَد ناشا- xudây arš-î jahân râ čenîn nahâd nahâd
kî gâh mardum-î šâdân u gah buvad nâšâ.
- xudây arš-î jahân râ čenîn nahâd nahâd
- 9th century, Rudaki
- (archaic) personality, disposition, impression
- بیگانه نهاد ― bigâne-nahâd ― unfriendly, of strange nature
- خاکی نهاد ― xâki-nahâd ― of humble nature
- آتش نهاد ― âtaš-nahâd ― ill-tempered, of unkind nature
- نیکو نهاد ― niku-nahâd ― of friendly nature
Derived terms edit
- نهادی (nahâdi, “natural”)
Descendants edit
- → Urdu: نہاد (nihād)
Etymology 2 edit
Related to the verb نهادن (nahâdan, “to place, to put, to establish”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [na.ˈhɑːð]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [næ.ɦɒ́ːd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nä.ɦɔ́d̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nahāḏ |
| Dari reading? | nahād |
| Iranian reading? | nahâd |
| Tajik reading? | nahod |
Noun edit
نهاد • (nahâd) (plural نهادها (nahâd-hâ))
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
نهاد • (nahâd)
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نهاد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نهاد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nyh’dg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59