کاهش
Persian
Pronunciation
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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kɑː.ˈhiʃ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɑː.ɦɪ́ʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰɔː.jíʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɒː.ɦéʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɔ.ɦíʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kāhiš |
| Dari reading? | kāhiš |
| Iranian reading? | kâheš |
| Tajik reading? | kohiš |
Noun
کاهش • (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
- کاهش دادن (kâheš dâdan, “to reduce”)
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