پیشه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian pyšk' (pēšag, “trade, craft; guild”), from Proto-Iranian *pais- (“to adorn, paint, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, paint; spot, color”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰeː.ʃä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰeː.ʃä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰeː.ʃä]

Readings
Classical reading? pēša
Dari reading? pēša
Iranian reading? piše
Tajik reading? peša

Noun
Dari پیشه
Iranian Persian
Tajik пеша

پیشه • (piše)

  1. skill
  2. craft
  3. trade
  4. profession
  5. calling

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: peşə
  • → Hindi: पेशा (peśā)
  • → Urdu: پیشہ (pēša)
  • → Uzbek: pesha

References
  1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 92
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 291-2
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