توضیح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوْضِيح (tawḍīḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taw.ˈziːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.zíːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.zíːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.zíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.zí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰow.zíːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.zéʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tawzīh
Dari reading?	tawzīh
Iranian reading?	towzih
Tajik reading?	tavzih

Noun

Dari	توضیح
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тавзеҳ

تُوضیح • (towzih)

1. explanation
   • early 1700s, Abdul-Qādir Bēdil, کلیات بیدل دهلوی‎^[1]:

     خلق توضیح و بینشت اغماض
     دهر تحقیق و غفلتت منظور

     xalq tawzīh u bēnaš-at eğmâz
     dahr tahqīq u ğaflat-at manzūr

     Creation [is] explanation and your sight [is] blindness,
     Fate [is] verification and your negligence [is] what you see.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• تُوضیح دادَن (towzih dâdan, “to explain”)

 

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “توضیح”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press