احتیاط

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ihtiyāt
Dari reading? ehtiyāt
Iranian reading? ehtiyât
Tajik reading? ehtiyot

Noun

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احتیاط (ehtiyât)

  1. precaution, care, caution
    • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 522”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎[1]:
      دلم شکستی و رفتی خلاف شرط مودت
      به احتیاط رو اکنون که آبگینه شکستی
      dil-am šikastī u raftī xilāf-i šart-i mawaddat
      ba ihtiyāt raw aknūn ki ābgīna šikastī
      You broke my heart and left, against the rules of love.
      Leave carefully now, for you have broken your mirror.
      (Classical Persian transliteration.)

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