کاهش

Persian

Etymology

کاه (kâh-, present stem of کاستن (kâstan, to decrease)) + ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /kɔˈhiʃ/

Noun

کاهش (kâheš)

  1. decrease, reduction
    Antonym: افزایش (afzâyeš)
  2. wasting away
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 3457:
      یا تو پنداری که تو نان می‌خوری / زهر مار و کاهش جان می‌خوری
      yâ to pendâri ke to nân mi-xori / zahr-e mâr o kâheš-e jân mi-xori
      Or dost thou suppose that thou art eating bread? Thou art eating snake-venom and [that which causes] wasting away of the spirit.

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