پاسخ
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (pshw' /passox/), [script needed] (pʾshw' /pāsox/), 𐫛𐫘𐫇𐫟 (pswx /passox/), from Proto-Iranian *paticahwaH, derived from Proto-Iranian *cánhati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-. Cognate to Sanskrit शंसति (śaṃsati), Latin cēnseō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [pɑː.sux]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɒː.sox]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɔ.suχ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pāsux |
| Dari reading? | pāsux |
| Iranian reading? | pâsox |
| Tajik reading? | posux |
Noun edit
| Dari | پاسخ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | посух |
پاسُخ • (pâsox) (plural پاسُخها (pâsox-hâ))
- answer, reply
- response
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2460:
- گر مراقب باشی و بیدار تو، بینی هر دم پاسخ کردار تو
- gar morâqeb bâši va bidâr to, bini har dam pâsox-e kardâr to.
- If thou wilt be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action.