Persian

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Etymology

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Pseudo-Arabism, from the root ش ي د. First attested in Gulistān, 1258.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šayāḏ
Dari reading? šayād
Iranian reading? šeyâd
Tajik reading? šayod

Noun

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شیاد (šayâd)

  1. fraud, imposter
    Synonym: حقه‌باز (hoqqe-bâz)
  2. (obsolete) public storyteller (in medieval times) [until 1600s]
    Synonym: قصه‌خوان (qesse-xân)