زهکشی

Persian

Etymology

زه (zah, “water source”) +‎ کش (keš, present stem of کشیدن (kešidan, “to draw”)) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zah.ka.ˈʃiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɦ.kʰä.ʃíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɦ.kʰä.ʃíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑː.kʰä.ʃíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔː.kʰä.ʃí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɦ.kʰʲæ.ʃíː], [zæɦ.kʰʲe.ʃíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɦ.kʰä.ʃí]

Readings
Classical reading?	zahkašī
Dari reading?	zahkašī
Iranian reading?	zahkaši, zahkeši
Tajik reading?	zahkaši

Noun

زهکشی • (zahkeši)

1. water drainage

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زهکشی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press