کاهش
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /kɑːˈhiʃ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /kɑːˈhɪʃ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /kɒːˈheʃ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /kɔˈhiʃ/
Noun
کاهش • (kâheš)
- decrease, reduction
- Antonym: افزایش (afzâyeš)
- 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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Derived terms
- کاهش دادن (kâheš dâdan, “to reduce”)
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