پیش از
Appearance
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From پیش (piš, “previously, fore, front”) + از (az, “from”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [peːʃ ʔaz]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰiːʃ ʔæz]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰeʃ ʔäz]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | pēš az |
Dari reading? | pēš az |
Iranian reading? | piš az |
Tajik reading? | peš az |
Preposition
[edit]- before
- 1967, Samad Behrangi, ماهی سیاه کوچولو [The Little Black Fish]:
- تو ما را از خواب خرگوشی بیدار کردی، به ما چیزهایی یاد دادی که پیش از این حتی فکرش را هم نکرده بودیم.
- to mâ-râ az xâb-e xarguši bidâr kardi, be mâ čiz-hâ-yi yâd dâdi ke piš az in hattâ fekr-eš-râ ham na-karde budim.
- You woke us up from our stupor; you taught us things that we hadn't even thought about before now.