عقب‌نشینی

Persian

Etymology

From عقب (aqab) +‎ نشین (nešin) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.ʁæb.ne.ʃiː.níː]

Readings
Iranian reading?	ağabnešini

Noun

عقب‌نشینی • (aqab-nešini)

1. retreat

Derived terms

• عقب‌نشینی کردن (aqab-nešini kardan)

 

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عقب‌نشینی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim