بنیاد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠bun-dāt⁠/), from Old Persian [script needed] (buna datiy, “placed it in the foundation”). Compare بنداد (bondâd), and بنلاد (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]

• (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

Dari	بنیاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бунёд

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

1. foundation, basis

   Synonyms: اساس (asâs), پایه (pâye), شالوده (šâlude)

   • 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.

2. foundation, beginning
3. 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: buniyād

  Hindi: बुनियाद (buniyād)

  Urdu: بنیاد (bnyād)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੁਨਿਆਦ (buniāda)

  Shahmukhi script: بنیاد (buniyād)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بنیاد (bunyād).

Noun

بنیاد • (bunyād, buniyād) f (Hindi spelling बुनियाद)

1. foundation, basis
2. principle

Related terms

• بنیادی (buniyādī)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بنیاد (bunyād).

Noun

بنیاد (bunyād)

1. foundation, basis
2. principle
3. root