مساعدت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَاعَدَة (musāʕada).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.sɑː.ʔa.ˈðat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.ʔä.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑː.ʔä.d̪ǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.sɑːä.d̪ǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔːä.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sɒː.ʔe.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.sɔ.ʔä.d̪ǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	musā'aḏat
Dari reading?	musā'adat
Iranian reading?	mosâ'edat
Tajik reading?	musoʾadat

Noun

مساعدت • (mosâ'edat)

1. assistance, aid
   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 43”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     عشق خوشست ار مساعدت بود از یار
     یار مساعد نه اندکست و نه بسیار

     išq-i xwaš ast ar musā'adat buwad az yār
     yār-i musā'ad na andak ast u na bisyār

     It is a happy love if there is help from the beloved;
     Helpful beloveds are neither few nor many.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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