گشایش

Persian

Etymology

گشای (gošây) + ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.ʃɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.ʃɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡu.ʃɔː.jíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading? gušāyiš
Dari reading? gušāyiš
Iranian reading? gošâyeš
Tajik reading? gušoyiš

Noun

گشایش • (gošâyêš)

  1. opening; act of becoming open
    1. inauguration
    2. (music) exposition
    3. (chess) opening
  2. relief; act of becoming relieved
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 296”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:
      از خم ابروی توام هیچ گشایشی نشد
      وه که در این خیال کج عمر عزیز شد تلف
      az xam-i abrū-yi tu-am hēč gušāyišē nēst
      wah ki dar īn xayāl-i kaj umr-o azīz šud talaf
      I have no relief from the curve of your eyebrows;
      Woe that my precious life should be wasted for this crooked fantasy!
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

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