پیشه

See also: پیشہ, پیسہ, بیشه, تیشه, and پیسه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian pyšk' (pēšag, “trade, craft; guild”), from Proto-Iranian *pais- (“to adorn, paint, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, paint; spot, color”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [peː.ʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeː.ʃä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeː.ʃä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰeː.ʃä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰeː.ʃä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiː.ʃe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰe.ʃä]

Readings
Classical reading?	pēša
Dari reading?	pēša
Iranian reading?	piše
Tajik reading?	peša

Noun

Dari	پیشه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пеша

پیشه • (piše)

1. skill
2. craft
3. trade
4. profession
5. calling

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: peşə
• → Hindi: पेशा (peśā)
• → Urdu: پیشہ (pēša)
• → Uzbek: pesha