گشایش

Persian

Etymology

گشای (gošây) +‎ ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ʃɑː.ˈjiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ʃɑː.jɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ʃɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ʃɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ʃɔː.jíʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.ʃɒː.jéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ʃɔ.jíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gušāyiš
Dari reading?	gušāyiš
Iranian reading?	gošâyeš
Tajik reading?	gušoyiš

Noun

گشایش • (gošâyêš)

1. opening; act of becoming open
   1. inauguration
   2. (music) exposition
   3. (chess) opening
2. relief; act of becoming relieved
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 296”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     از خم ابروی توام هیچ گشایشی نشد
     وه که در این خیال کج عمر عزیز شد تلف

     az xam-i abrū-yi tu-am hēč gušāyišē nēst
     wah ki dar īn xayāl-i kaj umr-o azīz šud talaf

     I have no relief from the curve of your eyebrows;
     Woe that my precious life should be wasted for this crooked fantasy!

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گشایش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گشایش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press