احتیاط

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔih.ti.ˈjɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪i.jɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰi.jɔ́t̪]

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

Noun

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.)

Further reading

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