پرهیز

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (pʾhlyc /⁠pahrēz⁠/, “defence; care”).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [paɾ.heːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.heːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.heːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾeːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾeːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɹ.hiːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.hez]

Readings
Classical reading?	parhēz
Dari reading?	parhēz
Iranian reading?	parhiz
Tajik reading?	parhez

Noun

Dari	پرهیز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	парҳез

پرهیز • (parhiz)

1. abstinence, abstaining
2. medical regimen, diet
3. fast, fasting
4. caution

Derived terms

• پرهیز کردن (parhiz kardan)
• پرهیزیدن (parhizidan)

Descendants

• → Bengali: পরহেজ (pôrhez)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pahrēz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 64
• Hayyim, Sulayman. New Persian-English dictionary, complete and modern, designed to give the English meanings of over 50,000 words, terms, idioms, and proverbs in the Persian language, as well as the transliteration of the words in English characters. Together with a sufficient treatment of all the grammatical features of the Persian Language. [Teheran, Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim] 1934-1936.