پیش

See also: بئش‎, بیس‎, بيس‎, تیس‎, and بئس‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (pyš /pēš/, “before, pre-, past, beside”).

Pronunciation

Dari پیش
Iranian Persian
Tajik пеш (peš)

Noun

پیش • (piš)

  1. front part; (with ezâfe) in front of, before
    Antonym: پس‎ (pas)

Derived terms

Adjective

پیش • (piš)

  1. ago, before, past
    ‏پنج ساعت پیش‎‎ ― panj sâ'at-e piš ― five hours ago
    ‏هفته پیش‎‎ ― hafte-ye piš ― last week
  2. of the past

Adverb

پیش • (piš)

  1. before, previously
  2. in advance
  3. (of movement) forward, ahead

Derived terms

  • پیش از‎ (piš az, “before”)
  • از پیش‎ (az piš, “from old”)
  • پیش آمدن‎ (piš âmadan, “to happen, to come up”)
  • پیش آوردن‎ (piš âvordan, “to put forth”)
  • پیش افتادن‎ (piš oftâdan, “to outrun”)
  • پیش بردن‎ (piš bordan, “to win”)
  • پیش رفتن‎ (piš raftan, “to progress”)
  • پیش کشیدن‎ (piš kešidan, “to take up”)
  • پش گرفتن‎ (peš gereftan, “to set oneself to”)

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: piş
  • → Bengali: পেশ (peś)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: पेश (peś)
    Urdu: پیش‎ (peś)
  • → Northern Kurdish: pêş
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پش‎ (peş)
    • Turkish: peş
    • → Middle Armenian: փէշ (pʿēš)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਪੇਸ਼ (peś)
    Shahmukhi script: پیش‎ (peś)
  • → Uzbek: pesh

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “pēš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press. Page 68

Urdu

Pronunciation

Adjective

پیش • (peś) (Hindi spelling पेश)

  1. presented
  2. in front
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