امساک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمْسَاك (ʔimsāk).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔim.ˈsɑːk]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.sɑ́ːk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.sɑ́ːk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.sɔ́ːk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔem.sɒ́ːkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔim.sɔ́k]

Readings
Classical reading^?	imsāk
Dari reading^?	imsāk
Iranian reading^?	emsâk
Tajik reading^?	imsok

Noun

امساک • (emsâk)

parsimony, stinginess
holding back (from something)

Derived terms

امساک کردن (emsâk kardan)

Further reading

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

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