پیشکار

Persian

Etymology

پیش (piš) +‎ کار (kâr).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.kʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.kʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.kʰɔ́ːɾ]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	pēškār
Dari reading?	pēškār
Iranian reading?	piškâr
Tajik reading?	peškor

Noun

پیشکار • (piškâr) (plural پیشکارها (piškâr-hâ) or پیشکاران (piškârân))

1. steward, majordomo
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 309”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     صف‌نشینان نیک‌خواه و پیشکاران با ادب
     دوست‌داران صاحب‌اسرار و حریفان دوست‌کام

     saf-nišīnān-i nēk-xwāh u pēškārān-i bā adab
     dōst-dārān-i sāhib-asrār u harīfān-i dōst-kām

     Well-wishing attendants and courteous stewards,
     Beloveds who keep secrets and companions who please friends.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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