ریشه

See also: ريشة

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lyšk' /⁠rēšag⁠/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (raēša), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Cognate with Baluchi ریشَگ (rīšag, “root”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾeː.ˈʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ʃǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ʃǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [reː.ʃǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [reː.ʃǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹiː.ʃé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾe.ʃǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rēša
Dari reading?	rēša
Iranian reading?	riše
Tajik reading?	reša

Noun

Dari	ریشه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	реша

ریشه • (riše) (plural ریشه‌ها (riše-hâ))

1. root
2. base, stem
3. origin, genesis
4. stump, stub

Derived terms

• تیشه به ریشه زَدَن (tiše be riše zadan)
• رَگ و ریشه (rag-o-riše)
• ریشه‌شناسی (riše-šenâsi)
• ریشه‌کَن (riše-kan)
• ریشه‌کَن کَردَن (riše-kan kardan)
• ریشه‌یابی (riše-yabi)

 

Descendants

• → Urdu: ریشہ (reśa)

Further reading

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