هیئت

See also: هنئت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَيْئَة (hayʔa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [haj.ʔat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häj.ʔät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häj.ʔät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hejʔæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häj.ʔät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	hay'at
Dari reading?	hay'at
Iranian reading?	hey'at
Tajik reading?	hayʾat

Noun

هَیئَت • (hey'at) (plural هَیآت (hey'ât))

1. shape, form, (outer) structure

   Synonyms: شِکل (šekl), صورَت (surat)

2. commission, committee, board; group of people for a task

   Synonyms: کارگُروه (kârgoruh), کُمیسیُون (komisiyon)

   سفیر کشور همسایه عراق و هیئت همراهش

   safir-e kešvar-e hamsâye-ye 'erâq va hey'at-e hamrâh-eš

   ambassador of the neighbor nation of Iraq and his accompanying mission