کاهش
Persian
editEtymology
editFrom کاه (kâh-, present stem of کاستن (kâstan, “to decrease”)) + ـش (-eš).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kɑː.ˈhiʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɒː.ɦéʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɔ.ɦíʃ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | kāhiš |
Dari reading? | kāhiš |
Iranian reading? | kâheš |
Tajik reading? | kohiš |
Noun
editکاهش • (kâheš)
- decrease, reduction
- Antonym: افزایش (afzâyeš)
- wasting away
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 3457:
- یا تو پنداری که تو نان میخوری / زهر مار و کاهش جان میخوری
- yâ to pendâri ke to nân mi-xori / zahr-e mâr o kâheš-e jân mi-xori
- Or dost thou suppose that thou art eating bread? Thou art eating snake-venom and [that which causes] wasting away of the spirit.
Derived terms
edit- کاهش دادن (kâheš dâdan, “to reduce”)