کاهش

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑː.ˈhiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ɦɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ɦɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.jíʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.ɦéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.ɦíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāhiš
Dari reading?	kāhiš
Iranian reading?	kâheš
Tajik reading?	kohiš

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Noun

کاهش • (kâheš)

1. decrease, reduction

   Antonym: افزایش (afzâyeš)

2. wasting away
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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.

Derived terms

• کاهش دادن (kâheš dâdan, “to reduce”)