پیشنهاد

Persian

Etymology

Compound of پیش (piš, “front”) +‎ نهاد (nehad, “past stem of نهادن (nehâdan, “to put, place, set”)”). Compare Northern Kurdish pêşniyar.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [peːʃ.ni.ˈhɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.ne̞.ɦɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.ne̞.ɦɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.ni.jɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.ni.jɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːʃ.ne.ɦɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeʃ.ni.ɦɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	pēšnihāḏ
Dari reading?	pēšnehād
Iranian reading?	pišnehâd
Tajik reading?	pešnihod

Noun

Dari	پیشنهاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пешниҳод

پیشنهاد • (pišnehâd) (plural پیشنهادها (pišnehâd-hâ))

1. suggestion, proposal
2. custom
3. manner