کاوش‌

Persian

Etymology

From کاو (kâv, present stem of کاویدن (kâvidan, “to dig, to excavate”)) +‎ ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑː.ˈwiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.wɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.wɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.wɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.wíʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.vóʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.víʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāwiš
Dari reading?	kāwiš
Iranian reading?	kâvoš
Tajik reading?	koviš

Noun

کاوش‌ • (kâvoš) (plural کاوش‌ها (kâvoš-hâ))

1. excavation, dig

   کاوش‌های باستان‌شناسی

   kâvoš-hâ-ye bâstân-šenâsi

   archaeological digs

Further reading

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