نهاد

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian. Compare Middle Persian nyh’dg (nihādag, foundation, base).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ne̞.ɦɑːd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ni.jɑːd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ni.jɔːd̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? nihāḏ
Dari reading? nehād
Iranian reading? nehâd
Tajik reading? nihod

Noun

نهاد • (nahâd, nehâd)

  1. (archaic) nature
    • 9th century, Rudaki
      خدای عرش را چنین نهاد نهاد
      که گاه مردم شادان و گه بُوَد ناشا
      xudây arš-î jahân râ čenîn nahâd nahâd
      kî gâh mardum-î šâdân u gah buvad nâšâ.
  2. (archaic) personality, disposition, impression
    بیگانه نهادbigâne-nahâdunfriendly, of strange nature
    خاکی نهادxâki-nahâdof humble nature
    آتش نهادâtaš-nahâdill-tempered, of unkind nature
    نیکو نهادniku-nahâdof friendly nature
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Urdu: نہاد (nihād)

Etymology 2

Related to the verb نهادن (nahâdan, to place, to put, to establish).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nä.ɦɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɑːɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nɔːɔ́ːd̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? nahāḏ
Dari reading? nahād
Iranian reading? nahâd
Tajik reading? nahod

Noun

نهاد • (nahâd) (plural نهادها (nahâd-hâ))

  1. institution
Derived terms
  • نهادی (nahâdi)
  • نهادگرا (nahâd-garâ)
  • نهادگرایی (nahâd-garâyi)

Verb

نهاد • (nahâd)

  1. past stem of نهادن

References

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