پیشه

See also: پیشہ, پیسہ, بیشه, تیشه, and پیسه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian pyšk' (pēšag, “trade, craft; guild”), from Proto-Iranian *pais- (“to adorn, paint, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, paint; spot, color”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pēša
Dari reading? pēša
Iranian reading? piše
Tajik reading? peša

Noun

پیشه • (pēša / piše) (Tajik spelling пеша)

  1. skill, craft
  2. trade, profession, calling
  3. habit, regular practice

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: peşə
  • → Hindi: पेशा (peśā)
  • → Urdu: پیشہ (pēša)
  • → Uzbek: pesha

References

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 92
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 291-2
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