بنیاد

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (/⁠bun-dāt⁠/), from Old Persian (buna datiy, “placed it in the foundation”). Compare بنداد (bondâd), and بنلاد (bonlâd). The financial sense is of modern usage and probably a semantic loan from European languages, e.g. French fondation.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bunyāḏ
Dari reading? bunyād
Iranian reading? bonyâd
Tajik reading? bunyod

Noun

Dari بنیاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik бунёд

بنیاد • (bonyâd) (plural بنیادها (bonyâd-hâ))

  1. foundation, basis
    Synonyms: اساس (asâs), پایه (pâye), شالوده (šâlude)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 35”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:
      بیا که قصر امل سخت سست بنیادست
      بیار باده که بنیاد عمر بر بادست
      biyâ ke qasr-e amal saxt sost bonyâd ast
      biyâr bâde ke bonyâd-e 'omr bar bâd ast
      Come, for hope’s castle is of sore weak foundation; bring wine, for life’s foundation is on wind.
  2. foundation, beginning
  3. foundation, trust
    1. bonyad (specific Iranian form of charitable foundation)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • بن (bon, “foundation”)
  • دادن (dâdan, “to give”)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بنیاد (bunyād).

Noun

بنیاد • (bunyād, buniyād) f (Hindi spelling बुनियाद)

  1. foundation, basis
  2. principle

Related terms

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بنیاد (bunyād).

Noun

بنیاد (bunyād)

  1. foundation, basis
  2. principle
  3. root
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