قبل از

Persian

Etymology

(qabl, “previous”, from Arabic قَبْل (qabl)) +‎ (az, “from”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qaβl ʔaz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäbl ʔäz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäbl ʔäz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäbl̥ ʔäz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæbl̥ ʔæz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäbl ʔäz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qaḇl az
Dari reading^?	qabl az
Iranian reading^?	ğabl az
Tajik reading^?	qabl az

Preposition

قبل از • (qabl az)

before, prior to
Synonym: پیش از (piš az)

Antonyms: بعد از (ba'd az), پس از (pas az)

Ms. Mina, before you say a word, cover your breast!
- c. 1730, Hājji Mir Muḥammad Salīm, سلسله السلاطین [Silsilat al-salaṭin], page 208a:
  صوفی سلطان ابن ترسون محمد سلطان را که قبل از این حکومت تالقان داشت‌ به ایالات خوارزم و ورگنج مقرر فرموده
  sufi soltân ebn-e torsun mohammad soltân-râ ke qabl az in hokumat-e tâleqân dâšt be eyâlât-e xârezm va urganj moqarrar farmude
  He appointed, to the provinces of Khwarazm and Urganj, Sufi Sultan ibn Tursun Muhammad Sultan, who had held the governorship of Taloqan prior to this.

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