اعتیاد

See also: اعتياد

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِيَاد (iʕtiyād).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiʔ.ti.jɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰi.jɑːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰi.jɑːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰi.jɑːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰi.jɔːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪i.jɒːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰi.jɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	i'tiyāḏ
Dari reading?	e'tiyād
Iranian reading?	e'tiyâd
Tajik reading?	eʾtiyod

Noun

اِعتِیاد • (e'tiyâd) (plural اعتیادات (e'tiyâdât))

1. addiction

   اعتیاد به مواد مخدر ― e'tiyâd be mavâdd-e moxadder ― drug addiction

   اعتیاد به الکل ― e'tiyâd be alkol ― alcohol addiction

   • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 765”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:

     از اعتبار اگر دگران معتبر شوند
     در ترک اعتیاد بود اعتبار ما

     az i'tibār agar digarān mu'tabar šavand
     dar tark-i i'tiyād būd i'tibār-i mā

     If others become respectable through the respect [people have for them],
     My [self-]respect is from quitting my accustomed habits.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• اعتیادی (e'tiyâdi)