پاسخ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (pshw' /⁠passox⁠/), [script needed] (pʾshw' /⁠pāsox⁠/), 𐫛𐫘𐫇𐫟 (pswx /⁠passox⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *paticahwaH, derived from Proto-Iranian *cánhati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-. Cognate to Sanskrit शंसति (śaṃsati), Latin cēnseō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑː.sux]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.sʊx]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.sʊx]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.sʊx]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔː.sux]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒː.sox]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔ.suχ]

Readings
Classical reading?	pāsux
Dari reading?	pāsux
Iranian reading?	pâsox
Tajik reading?	posux

Noun

Dari	پاسخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	посух

پاسُخ • (pâsox) (plural پاسُخ‌ها (pâsox-hâ))

1. answer, reply

   Synonym: جَواب (javâb)

   Antonyms: سُؤال (so'âl), پُرْسِش (porseš)

2. response
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2460:

     گر مراقب باشی و بیدار تو، بینی هر دم پاسخ کردار تو

     gar morâqeb bâši va bidâr to, bini har dam pâsox-e kardâr to.

     If thou wilt be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action.

Derived terms

• پاسخ دادن (pâsox dâdan, “to answer”)
• پاسخ کردن (pâsox kardan, “to answer”)

 

Descendants

• → Georgian: პასუხი (ṗasuxi)
  • → Bats: პასუხ (ṗasux)