کشف

See also: كشف and ك ش ف

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كَشْف (kašf).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaʃf]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæʃf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃf]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kašf
Dari reading^?	kašf
Iranian reading^?	kašf
Tajik reading^?	kašf

Noun

کشف • (kašf)

Derived terms

کشف کردن (kašf kardan, “to discover”)

Related terms

کاشف (kâšef)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kšwk' /⁠kašawag⁠/, “tortoise”), from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah. Cognate with Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈʃaf]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.ʃǽf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃǽf]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kašaf
Dari reading^?	kašaf
Iranian reading^?	kašaf
Tajik reading^?	kašaf

Noun

کشف • (kašaf)

(archaic) tortoise, turtle
Synonym: لاک‌پشت (lâk-pošt)
(astrology, obsolete) Cancer

Derived terms

کشف‌رود (kašaf-rud)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: કશફ (kaśaph)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کشف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Arabic كَشْف (kašf).

Noun

کشف • (kašf) m

Related terms

کاشف
کشاف
کشفی

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian (kašaf). Cognate with Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa).

Noun

کشف • (kašaf) m

tortoise

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