نهاد

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian. Compare Middle Persian nyh’dg (nihādag, “foundation, base”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.hɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɦɒːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɦɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	nihāḏ
Dari reading?	nehād
Iranian reading?	nehâd
Tajik reading?	nihod

Noun

نهاد • (nahâd, nehâd)

1. (archaic) nature
   • 9th century, Rudaki

     خدای عرشِ جهان را چنین نهاد نهاد
     که گاه مردم شادان و گه بُوَد ناشا‌د

     xudây arš-î jahân râ čenîn nahâd nahâd
     kî gâh mardum-î šâdân u gah buvad nâšâd.

2. (archaic) personality, disposition, impression

   بیگانه نهاد ― bigâne-nahâd ― unfriendly, of strange nature

   خاکی نهاد ― xâki-nahâd ― of humble nature

   آتش نهاد ― âtaš-nahâd ― ill-tempered, of unkind nature

   نیکو نهاد ― niku-nahâd ― of friendly nature

Derived terms

• نهادی (nahâdi, “natural”)

Descendants

• → Urdu: نہاد (nihād)

Etymology 2

Related to the verb نهادن (nahâdan, “to place, to put, to establish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈhɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ɦɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ɦɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.ɦɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ɦɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	nahāḏ
Dari reading?	nahād
Iranian reading?	nahâd
Tajik reading?	nahod

Noun

نهاد • (nahâd) (plural نهادها (nahâd-hâ))

1. institution

Derived terms

• نهادی (nahâdi)
• نهادگرا (nahâd-garâ)
• نهادگرایی (nahâd-garâyi)

Etymology 3

Verb

نهاد • (nahâd)

1. past stem of نهادن

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نهاد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نهاد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nyh’dg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59