نیوشیدن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ndwhšytn' (niyō(x)šidan), from Proto-Iranian *ni- + *gáwšati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšati. Compare Baluchi نگوشگ (negóšag), Sanskrit घोषति (ghoṣati).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.joː.ʃiː.ˈðan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.joː.ʃiː.d̪ǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.joː.ʃiː.d̪ǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.joː.ʃiː.d̪ǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.ju.ʃi.d̪ǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.juː.ʃiː.d̪ǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɵ.ʃi.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	niyōšīḏan
Dari reading?	niyōšīdan
Iranian reading?	niyušidan
Tajik reading?	niyüšidan

Verb

Dari	نیوشیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ниюшидан

نِیوشیدَن • (niyušidan)

1. (archaic or literary) to listen

   Synonyms: گوش دادَن (guš dâdan), گوش کَردَن (guš kardan)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 162”, in دیوان حافظ‎^[1]:

     ز من بنیوش و دل در شاهدی بند
     که حسنش بستهٔ زیور نباشد

     zi man biniyōš u dil dar šāhidē band
     ki husn-aš basta-yi zēwar na-bāšad

     Listen to me and bind your heart to a beautiful person
     Whose beauty is not bound to adornments.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (obsolete) to overhear

   Synonym: اِستِراق سَمع کَردَن (esterâq-e sam' kardan)