گشادی

Persian

Etymology

گُشاد (gošâd) +‎ ـی (-i)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ʃɑː.ˈðiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ʃɑː.d̪íː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ʃɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ʃɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ʃɔː.d̪í]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.ʃɒː.d̪íː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ʃɔ.d̪í]

Readings
Classical reading?	gušāḏī
Dari reading?	gušādī
Iranian reading?	gošâdi
Tajik reading?	gušodī

Noun

Dari	گشادی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гушодӣ

گشادی • (gošâdi)

1. width, broadness
2. looseness
3. opening, revelation
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2652:

     آن گشادی‌‌شان کز آدم رو نمود / در گشاد آسمانهاشان نبود

     ân gušâdi-šân kaz Âdam ru namûd / dar gušâd âsmân-hâ-šân nabud

     The revelation that appeared to them from Adam was not (contained) in the amplitude of their heavens.