See also: كاشف

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كاشِف (kāšif).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kāšif
Dari reading? kāšif
Iranian reading? kâšef
Tajik reading? košif

Noun

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کاشف (kâšef)

  1. discoverer
    کاشف پنسيلينkâšef-e penisilindiscoverer of penicillin
    • c. 1430, Shāh Ni'matullāh, “Ghazal 1196”, in دیوان شاه نعمت‌الله[1]:
      ما کاشف معنی کلامیم
      ما واصف صورت شمائیم
      ما صدرنشین کوی عشقیم
      ما صوفی صفهٔ صفائیم
      kāšif-i ma'nā-yi kalām-ēm
      mā wāsif-i sūrat-i šumā-ēm
      mā sadrnišīn-i kōy-i išq-ēm
      mā sufī-yi suffa-yi safā-ēm
      We are the discoverers of the meaning of speech;
      We are the eulogy of your appearance;
      We are those sitting foremost at the alley of love;
      We are the Sufis of the vestibule of purity.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
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  • کشف (kašf, discovery)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian کاشف (kāšif), from Arabic كاشِف (kāšif).

Noun

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کاشِف (kāśifm (Hindi spelling काशिफ़)

  1. discoverer
  2. detector
  3. revealer
  4. explainer
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