نهاد
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian. Compare Middle Persian nyh’dg (nihādag, “foundation, base”).
Noun
نهاد • (nahâd, nehâd)
- (archaic) nature
- 9th century, Rudaki
- خدای عرش را چنین نهاد نهاد
که گاه مردم شادان و گه بُوَد ناشا- xudây arš-î jahân râ čenîn nahâd nahâd
kî gâh mardum-î šâdân u gah buvad nâšâ.
- xudây arš-î jahân râ čenîn nahâd nahâd
- 9th century, Rudaki
- (archaic) personality, disposition, impression
- بیگانه نهاد ― bigâne-nahâd ― unfriendly, of strange nature
- خاکی نهاد ― xâki-nahâd ― of humble nature
- آتش نهاد ― âtaš-nahâd ― ill-tempered, of unkind nature
- نیکو نهاد ― niku-nahâd ― of friendly nature
Derived terms
- نهادی (nahâdi, “natural”)
Descendants
- → Urdu: نہاد (nihād)
Etymology 2
Related to the verb نهادن (nahâdan, “to place, to put, to establish”).
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [næˈhɒːd̪]
Derived terms
- نهادی (nahâdi)
- نهادگرا (nahâd-garâ)
- نهادگرایی (nahâd-garâyi)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نهاد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “نهاد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nyh’dg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59
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