بنیاد

Persian

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بنیاد

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠bun-dāt⁠/), from Old Persian [script needed] (buna datiy, “placed it in the foundation”). Compare (bondâd), and (bonlâd). The financial sense is of modern usage and probably a semantic loan from European languages, e.g. French fondation.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bun.ˈjɑːð]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊɲ.jɑ́ːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊɲ.jɑ́ːd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [buɲ.jɔ́ːd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [boɲ.jɒ́ːd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [buɲ.jɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bunyāḏ
Dari reading^?	bunyād
Iranian reading^?	bonyâd
Tajik reading^?	bunyod

Noun


Iranian Persian	بنیاد
Dari	بنیاد
Tajik	бунёд

بنیاد • (bonyâd) (plural بنیادها (bonyâd-hâ))

foundation, basis
Synonyms: اساس (asâs), پایه (pâye), شالوده (šâlude), مبنا (mabnâ)
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 35”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:
  بیا که قصر امل سخت سست بنیادست
  بیار باده که بنیاد عمر بر بادست
  biyâ ke qasr-e amal saxt sost bonyâd ast
  biyâr bâde ke bonyâd-e 'omr bar bâd ast
  Come, for hope’s castle is of sore weak foundation; bring wine, for life’s foundation is [built] on wind.
foundation, beginning
Synonym: تأسیس (ta'sis)
foundation, trust
1. bonyad (specific Iranian form of charitable foundation)

Derived terms

بنیادگرا (bonyâd-garâ)
بنیادگرایی (bonyâd-garâyi)
بنیادی (bonyâdi)

Related terms

بن (bon, “foundation”)
دادن (dâdan, “to give”)

Descendants

→ Bengali: বুনিয়াদ (buniẏad)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: बुनियाद (buniyād)

Urdu: بنیاد (buniyād)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਬੁਨਿਆਦ (buniāda)

Shahmukhi script: بنیاد (buniyād)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bunyād).

Noun

بُنِیاد • (buniyād) f (Hindi spelling बुनियाद)

Related terms

بُنِیادی (buniyādī)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بنیاد (bunyād).

Noun

بنیاد (bunyād)

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