پیش

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

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Iranian Persian	پیش
Dari	پیش
Tajik	пеш (peš)

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /peːʃ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /peːʃ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /piːʃ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /peʃ/

Noun

پیش • (piš)

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

Derived terms

پیشتخته‎ (piš-taxte, “desk”)
پیش‎ (pišeš, “before, in front of”)

Adjective

پیش • (piš)

ago, before, past
‏‎‎ ― panj sâ'at-e piš ― five hours ago

‏‎‎ ― hafte-ye piš ― last week
of the past

Adverb

پیش • (piš)

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)
  - Armenian: փեշ (pʿeš)
→ 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

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /peːʃ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /peːʃ/
Rhymes: -eːʃ

Adjective

پیش • (peś) (Hindi spelling पेश)

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