فایده

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَائِدَة (fāʔida).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɑː.jɪ.d̪ǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fɑː.jɪ.d̪ǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fɔː.ji.d̪ǽ]
 

Readings
Classical reading? fāyiḏa
Dari reading? fāyida
Iranian reading? fâyede
Tajik reading? foyida

Noun

Dari فایده
Iranian Persian
Tajik фоида

فایده • (fâyede) (plural فواید (favâyed) or فایده‌ها (fâyede-hâ))

  1. advantage, benefit, profit, gain, use
    Synonym: سود (sud)
    • c. 1075, Abu'l-Fażl Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Bayhaqī, تاریخ بیهقی [Tārīkh-i Bayhaqī]:
      سوم روز احمد ارسلان‌ گفت: زندگانی خداوند دراز باد، آنچه تقدیر است ناچار بباشد، در غمناک بودن بس‌ فایده نیست.
      siwum rōz ahmad-i arslān guft: zindagānī-yi xudāwand darāz bād, ānči taqdīr ast nāčār bibāšad, dar ğamnāk budan bas fāyida nēst.
      On the third day, Ahmad Arslān said: "May my lord's life be long! What is preordained is unavoidable. There is no use in being sad any longer."
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1075, Abu'l-Fażl Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Bayhaqī, تاریخ بیهقی [Tārīkh-i Bayhaqī]:
      فایده نباشد از رفتن‌ که راهها ناایمن شده است و تنها نباید رفت که خللی افتد.
      fāyida na-bāšad az raftan ki rāh-hā nā-ēman šuda ast u tanhā na-bāyad raft ki xalalē uftad.
      There appears to be no benefit to going forth, since the roads have become unsafe, and one must not go alone lest a danger befall them.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

  • فایده‌ناک (fâyedenâk, beneficial, profitable)
  • فایده داشتن (fâyede dâštan)

Further reading

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